by Katelyn Newberg at Las Vegas Review-Journal
Prosecutors have formally filed a murder charge against Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, who is accused of killing Review-Journal investigative journalist Jeff German.
The criminal complaint — a document used to charge defendants — was filed on Monday. It shows that Telles faces a charge of murder with the following enhancements: use of a deadly weapon and victim being an older person.
Enhancements on criminal charges can result in longer sentences.
The one-page criminal complaint alleges that the killing was “willful, deliberate and premeditated,” “perpetrated by lying in wait for” German, and/or “perpetrated by abuse of an older person.”
It also alleges that German was stabbed with a knife.
Telles, 45, was arrested in connection with German’s death on Wednesday evening,…
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