LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Review-Journal is asking a judge to impose sanctions on the Metropolitan Police Department for not informing the newspaper that investigators have searched the cellphone of slain reporter Jeff German.
District Judge Michelle Leavitt is scheduled to hear the newspaper’s motion during a court hearing on Wednesday. The Review-Journal has been locked in a legal battle to prevent officials from searching German’s personal devices, including his cellphone and computers, which could contain information about his confidential sources.
The newspaper has argued that Nevada’s shield law, the First Amendment and the state constitution protect information on German’s devices from being disclosed.
