Former politician gets at least 28 years for killing Vegas reporter
A judge invoked sentencing enhancements to add eight years to the minimum 20-year sentence that a jury set in August after finding Robert Telles guilty of murder.
A judge invoked sentencing enhancements to add eight years to the minimum 20-year sentence that a jury set in August after finding Robert Telles guilty of murder.
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Former Las Vegas politician Robert Telles was convicted Wednesday of murdering a journalist. Telles was charged with fatally stabbing Las Vegas Review Journal reporter Jeff German two years ago. He's been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 20 years.
A jury in Las Vegas, Nevada, Wednesday convicted a former politician of murder in the 2022 stabbing death of a reporter. Prosecutors say Robert Telles killed Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German because he wrote several negative articles about him. Carter Evans reports from the courthouse.
Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson took questions following the guilty verdict in the murder case of Robert Telles. Telles was accused of murdering investigative reporter Jeff German, who had written negative stories about him. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson provided more insight following the news conference.
A Nevada jury has found former Clark County, Nevada, elected official Robert Telles guilty of murder in the death of investigative reporter Jeff German. See the moment the jury returned their verdict, followed by reporting and analysis from CBS News correspondent Carter Evans and contributor Jessica Levinson.
A jury found Robert Telles guilty of murder in the death of investigative journalist Jeff German and sentenced him to life in prison.
Jury deliberations are underway in the high-profile murder trial of Robert Telles, a former politician charged with killing a reporter, Jeff German, who wrote critical articles about Telles. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans has more.
Closing arguments are set to begin Monday in a high-profile murder case in Las Vegas. Former local politician Robert Telles is accused of killing investigative reporter Jeff German, who wrote critical articles about Telles. Telles says he's unequivocally innocent. Former prosecutor Steve Baric joined CBS News to discuss the case.
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Robert Telles was asked to read a message showing his wife wondered where he was about the time reporter Jeff German was killed.
Former public official Robert Telles is expected to return to the stand Thursday to testify at his own murder trial. Telles is accused of killing Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German over his investigations into toxic workplace behavior. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson breaks down Telles' decision to testify.
Robert Telles took the stand in his own defense Wednesday. The former elected official is accused of killing a Las Vegas journalist.
With the jury out of the courtroom, the judge Tuesday questioned Robert Telles directly for several minutes about whether he wanted to risk answering questions under oath from prosecutors.
Clark County public administrator Robert Telles is charged with murder in the death of Jeff German, an investigative reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Prosecutors say articles that Jeff German wrote for the Las Vegas Review-Journal in early 2022 about Robert Telles and a county office in turmoil provided a motive for the killing.
Robert Telles, the former elected official on trial for the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, is in court for opening statements Wednesday. CBS News' Elise Preston reports.
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The teenagers involved were on their way to secondary school, police sources said.
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