LAS VEGAS — A judge has rejected a motion from the Las Vegas Review-Journal calling for sanctions on the Metropolitan Police Department over how investigators searched the cellphone of slain reporter Jeff German.
District Judge Michelle Leavitt oversaw a hearing Wednesday regarding the motion, which is part of the Review-Journal’s legal battle to prevent officials from searching German’s personal devices, including his cellphone and computers, which could contain information about his confidential sources.
Former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles is accused of killing German outside the investigative reporter’s home on Sept. 2. German, 69, had worked as a reporter for nearly 40 years and recently had reported on Telles’ conduct as an elected official and allegations that he had created a toxic work environment.
