An elected official who allegedly murdered an investigative reporter in Las Vegas will stay in workplace for months and nonetheless receives a commission whereas he sits in jail.
Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was denied bail final week after he was charged within the stabbing loss of life of Jeff German, a Las Vegas Overview-Journal journalist who had been probing Telles’ alleged misconduct in workplace.
However as he waits behind bars, a county chief stated, Telles will hold getting paid.
“For now, he’s nonetheless an elected officer and he’ll receives a commission whereas he’s in jail,” Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom advised WSAV on Friday.
Segerblom stated voters have the choice to recall Telles, who misplaced a Democratic main in June. However 100,000 signatures are required to place the poll initiative ahead.
There's additionally the likelihood that Telles may resign.
“We are able to take the scope of labor away from him, however so far as him having the title and getting the wage, it's that manner, as a result of the voters picked him,” Segerblom advised the tv station.
Telles is reportedly paid $130,000 yearly.
County officers have pressured they've already taken some motion towards Telles, together with prohibiting him from all Clark County services. The county additionally stated it advised his workers to now not report back to him a few months in the past, which is able to proceed till a brand new administrator begins following the November election, the Las Vegas Overview-Journal reported.
“The Public Administrator is an elected place and the County is reviewing its choices underneath the regulation concerning Robert Telles’ present standing because the Public Administrator,” the county stated Thursday.
The general public administrator secures property of the deceased whereas family members or an executor is discovered, the Las Vegas Overview-Journal reported. The workplace additionally handles the property of a deceased particular person when households can’t, the newspaper stated.
German, who reported on political corruption and authorities wrongdoing for many years, was fatally stabbed outdoors his dwelling by Telles on Sept. 2 throughout a confrontation, Las Vegas police allege. His physique was discovered a day later.
A Las Vegas police captain stated Telles, 45, was upset to be taught German, 69, was trying into additional alleged misdeeds by the Democrat main as much as the homicide.
German already reported on an alleged affair between Telles and a feminine employee in his workplace, although each denied it, the Las Vegas Overview-Journal reported.
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