Hundreds of photos of a reporter's home and neighborhood were found on a Dem Vegas politician accused of murder, according to testimony.

On Monday, a Nevada jury heard that a former Las Vegas Democratic politician, who was accused of murdering an investigative journalist who had published critical articles about him, had hundreds of photos of the victim's home and neighborhood on his cell phone and computer.

In September 2022, Robert Telles, a former Democratic Clark County administrator of estates, was charged with murdering veteran Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative journalist Jeff German, who had written articles critical of Telles and his office just months prior.

Over Labor Day weekend 2022, a 69-year-old German man was discovered slashed and stabbed to death outside his home. Telles, who has pleaded not guilty, maintains his innocence and claims to have been falsely accused.

On Monday, the jury received photographic evidence as prosecutors concluded their case following four days of testimony from over two dozen witnesses.

An image of a single gray athletic shoe with a distinctive black pattern and a shot of Telles' work computer at the Clark County Public Administrator and Guardian office were among other photos taken from Robert Telles' devices that included results of internet searches through a password-protected site that retrieved German's name, home address, vehicle registration, and date of birth.

The photo was taken on August 23, 2022, just under two weeks before German was killed in a side yard of his home.

Did Mr. Telles' phone produce this image, Hamner inquired of Matthew Hovanec, a Las Vegas digital forensics supervisor who testified Monday about retrieving data from Telles' devices?

"It did," Hovanec responded.

The jury heard that Telles had searched for German's home approximately 20 days before the murder.

According to Fox 5 Vegas, district attorney Christopher Hamner inquired, "What were the words being typed into Google search?"

"Jeff German Las Vegas," replied Hovanec.

According to Hovanec, 132 Google Maps images were tagged with the topic.

Another Google photo showed a security camera on German’s home.

During the cross-examination, Robert Draskovich, Telles's defense attorney, questioned Hovanec about the possibility of the phone being hacked. Hovanec acknowledged that it could be a possibility, but he personally has never witnessed it occurring.

Detective Justine Gatus, the main Las Vegas police investigator of German's death, stated that the Las Vegas Review-Journal articles about Telles and the county office that German wrote in May and June 2022 were not complimentary.

Telles criticized the German articles on social media, claiming they were inaccurate portrayals of his efforts to combat corruption within the real estate industry's "old guard" network.

Gatus stated that the gray sneaker with a Nike logo and four black marks on the sole was "exactly the same" as the one seen in neighbors' security camera images of an individual wearing orange who entered German's home's side yard on Labor Day weekend 2022, where German was later discovered dead.

Despite not submitting an orange shirt or a murder weapon as evidence, a pair of shoes, torn and stained with blood, were discovered in a plastic bag in Telles' home after his arrest.

For 44 years, German, originally from Milwaukee, had established deep confidential sources in Las Vegas, particularly within its government and courthouses, often reporting on Las Vegas mobsters and public officials.

He gained widespread respect for his reporting on court cases, organized crime, government corruption, political scandals, and mass shootings, first at the Las Vegas Sun and later at the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

In a side yard outside his home, German was discovered with multiple stab wounds and slashes, and Telles is accused of waiting for him in a criminal complaint.

German's home was targeted by a person wearing an orange work shirt, a wide-brimmed straw hat, carrying a shoulder bag, and walking towards it, as seen in a video circulated by police days later, resulting in Telles' arrest.

According to prosecutors, they possess substantial evidence, including DNA believed to belong to Telles, which was discovered beneath German's fingernails, as well as cut-up pieces of a straw hat and shoes found at Telles' residence that resembled those worn by the individual seen on video outside German's home.

The police released images of a distinctive maroon SUV, similar to one seen washing outside Telles' home several days after the killing.

Telles, who grew up in El Paso, Texas, and lived in Colorado before moving to Las Vegas, became a lawyer in 2015 and ran as a Democrat in 2018 to become Clark County administrator of estates. However, he lost his elected position after his arrest and his law license was suspended.

If the jury finds him guilty, he may face life in prison. However, prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty, and he has remained jailed while preparing for trial.

On Monday, defense lawyer Robert Draskovich informed The Associated Press that Telles intends to testify and is likely to take the witness stand to conclude his own defense case, possibly in the afternoon of Tuesday.

Planet Chronicle’ Danielle Wallace and The Associated Press contributed to this report.