Former Las Vegas-area Democratic politician gets at least 28 years in prison for killing journalist

Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas-area Democratic elected official was sentenced Wednesday to serve at least 28 years in Nevada state prison for killing an investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of his conduct in office two years ago. A judge invoked a sentencing enhancement for Robert Telles’ use of a deadly weapon to add eight years to the minimum 20-year sentence that a jury set in August after finding Telles guilty of stabbing Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German to death in September 2022. Telles denied killing German, but evidence against him was strong — including his DNA beneath German’s fingernails. Telles’ attorney said Telles intends to appeal his conviction.