On September 2, 2022, a veteran Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German was outside his home in western Las Vegas. On September 7, , an elected official who serves as the Clark County public administrator and who was a recent subject of German鈥檚 reporting, on suspicion of murder.
Earlier this year, German had published a that uncovered claims of bullying and mismanagement in the Clark County administrator鈥檚 office, as well as an alleged 鈥渋nappropriate relationship鈥� between Telles and a member of his staff. After the Review-Journal published German鈥檚 articles, Telles and lashed out at the reporter in a series of Twitter posts. The official lost his primary re-election race for the local position in June, after continued unrest in his office was brought to light by German.