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'Killer' Las Vegas Democrat slurs 'You guys just wanna take me down because I'm a public official' at cops during 2020 arrest for 'throttling wife' as he refuses to deny murdering journalist who exposed his affair
A Las Vegas official charged with the murder of investigative reporter Jeff German, who exposed his affair, told police during his 2020 arrest for abusing his wife they wanted to take him down because he is a 'public official'. Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, 45, was arrested on March 1, 2020, after police received a call from Mae Ismael, his wife, alleging he drunkenly grabbed her by the neck and hit her arm as they returned from the Bellagio casino. He allegedly also screamed, 'kill me.' Newly released body camera footage now shows Telles slurring his words as officers walk him outside his suburban home in handcuffs and shove him in the backseat of a police car. 'Can anyone tell me who I hit?' Telles said repeatedly as police detained him. 'Because I didn't hit anybody?' Telles added, 'You guys just want to take me down because I'm a public official.' 'No we don't,' an officer responded to the county official as Telles proceeded to deny the abuse allegations. The arrest occurred more than two years before Telles was arrested for the September 3 murder of German, a journalist with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, who exposed the official's affair with another woman that worked in his office. Telles was arrested on September 7 after DNA evidence found under German's fingernails allegedly matched his..