LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – It is week 2 in the murder trial of Robert Telles, the former Clark County official accused of killing Las Vegas investigative journalist Jeff German.
Week 1 wrapped up Friday with dramatic testimony from a woman who worked in the public administrator’s office, as well as, several Metro detectives explaining the investigation that ensued following German’s brutal death.
So far, the state called three Metro officals who worked on the case Monday.
We heard from a criminal intellegence detective who worked undercover. Detective Taylor Tolliver told the jury how she had surveillence on Telles- as part of another corruption investigation into him.
Pictures she took of Telles September 1, 2022, one day before german was murdered, were shown to the jury.
Then, on September 6, she told the jury how she saw Telles washing all three of his cars including the car he allegedly used to drive to German’s house.
We have heard from Mathew Hovanec, who works in the Metro digital forensic lab, collecting information from Telles’ phone after German’s murder.
In court, we found out Telles had looked up German’s home numerous times, nearly 20 days before the killing.
“What were the words being typed into Google search?” asked district attorney Christopher Hamner. “Jeff German Las Vegas,” Hovanec replied.“How many images related to Google map images were tagged for this report?” then asked Hamner. Hovanec replied, “132.”
“So that signifies that there were 132 images on his phone related to this topic?” Hamner added. “This is one of the images that were found inside Mr Telles’ phone,” Hamner says as he shows the photos to jury members.
Another Google photo shows a security camera on German’s home.
Telles’s defense attorney Robert Draskovich cross examined Hovanec asking him whether the phone could have been hacked. His response was it could be a possibility but has personally never seen it happen.
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1:35 P.M. – Court resumes with the state calling in LVMPD detective Justine Gatus. She was one of many working the day German was found dead. She was the lead detective at the scene.
12:15 P.M. – Court is in recess for lunch.
11:45 A.M. – Hovanec lays out searches and activity on Robert Telles’ device including a photo of the gray Nike shoes from August 2022. Those look similar to the shoes worn by Jeff German’s assailant.
Dozens of photos showing German’s home were also found in Telles’ phone nearly 20 days before the killing.
11:24 A.M. – Metro forensic lab supervisor Matthew Hovanec is on the stand now.
11:11 A.M. – The state calls in Christie Baxter, a crime scene analyst with Las Vegas police.
11:05 A.M. – Court is back in session. Metro detective Taylor Tolliver is on the stand. She conducted surveillance on Robert Telles on September 1, 2022, at the request of fellow Metro detective Derek Jappe. They were investigating him on other allegations involving the public administrator’s office. Tolliver also surveilled Telles on September 6 following the killing of Jeff German.
10:48 A.M. – Clark County DA Steve Wolfson enters the courtroom. We are still waiting for proceedings to begin.
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