{"id":2355783,"date":"2024-10-16T15:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T19:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-las-vegas-politician-sentenced-to-28-years-for-murdering-investigative-journalist-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-16T15:37:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T19:37:43","slug":"former-las-vegas-politician-sentenced-to-28-years-for-murdering-investigative-journalist-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-las-vegas-politician-sentenced-to-28-years-for-murdering-investigative-journalist-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Las Vegas politician sentenced to 28 years for murdering investigative journalist &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-las-vegas-politician-sentenced-to-28-years-for-murdering-investigative-journalist-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2355783&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Las Vegas politician Robert Telles has been\u2062 sentenced to 28 years in \u200cprison for the murder of investigative journalist Jeff German. Telles,\u200c a\u200b Democratic official who was the administrator of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hot-mic-all-trustees-of-school-board-resign-after-mocking-parents-wanting-schools-reopened\/\" title=\"HOT MIC: All Trustees Of School Board Resign After Mocking Parents Wanting Schools Reopened\">county office<\/a>,\u2062 was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-allows-non-binary-repeat-sex-offender-to-walk-free-after-hes-convicted-for-sick-abuse-of-15-year-old-boy\/\" title=\"Court frees &#039;non-binary&#039; repeat sex offender after conviction for abusing 15-year-old boy.\">found \u200cguilty<\/a> by a jury in August after evidence, including his DNA under German&#8217;s fingernails, implicated him in the crime. Clark County District Court\u2063 Judge Michelle Leavitt extended his sentence beyond \u200bthe minimum 20 years due to factors such as the use of a deadly weapon\u2064 and the age of \u2063the victim.<\/p>\n<p>German had reported critically on Telles&#8217;s conduct and an inappropriate relationship he had with a colleague, which contributed to Telles \u200blosing his reelection bid. Despite the overwhelming evidence against him, Telles maintained his innocence, claiming he was a victim \u200bof a conspiracy involving various individuals and entities. His law license\u200c has been \u200csuspended, and he has\u2062 remained in\u200d jail \u2063without bail since his arrest.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former Las Vegas politician sentenced to 28 years for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-charged-with-murdering-investigative-journalist-claims-hes-being-framed-by-a-realty-company\/\" title=\"Democrat Charged with Murdering Investigative Journalist Claims He&#039;s Being Framed by a Realty Company\">murdering investigative journalist<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1836650\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A former <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/las-vegas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Las Vegas<\/a>-area <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic<\/a> elected official, Robert Telles, was sentenced to 28 years in prison after he was found guilty of murdering an investigative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/journalists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reporter<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Clark County District Court Judge Michelle Leavitt added eight years to the minimum 20-year sentence due to Telles&rsquo;s use of a deadly weapon, lying in wait, and the old age of the reporter. In August, a jury found Telles guilty of murdering <em>Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em> reporter Jeff German.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the murder, Telles was the elected administrator of a county office that handles unclaimed estate and probate property cases. Since his arrest on suspicion he committed the crime, Telles has been jailed without bail, and his law license has been suspended&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>German wrote articles that criticized Telles&rsquo;s conduct in office and exposed an intimate relationship the Democrat had with a female coworker. After German&rsquo;s stories were published, Telles lost his primary for a second term in office.<\/p>\n<p>Telles denied stabbing German to death in his testimony, claiming he was &ldquo;framed&rdquo; in a broad conspiracy involving a real estate company, police, DNA analysts, former co-workers, and other supposed bad actors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am not the kind of person who would stab someone. I didn&rsquo;t kill Mr. German,&rdquo; Telles said during his hourslong, rambling testimony. &ldquo;And that&rsquo;s my testimony.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Evidence against Telles included his DNA found under German&rsquo;s fingernails. <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">While Telles told&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3118258\/jury-selection-underway-las-vegas-politician-accused-murdering-journalist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the jury<\/a>&nbsp;he took a walk an<\/span>d went to a gym at the time German was killed, evidence, in fact, showed Telles&rsquo;s wife sent a text message to him around the same time of the murder asking him, &ldquo;Where are you?&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors explained that Telles left his phone at home so he couldn&rsquo;t be tracked. Prosecutor Christopher Hamner also told the jury that Telles blamed German for destroying his career, political reputation, and marriage.<\/p>\n<p>German was 69 years old at the time of his murder. He was the only journalist killed in the United States in 2022, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. In Las Vegas, he was a &ldquo;respected&rdquo; reporter who spent 44 years covering crime and courts, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisn.com\/article\/las-vegas-official-sentenced-for-killing-reporter\/62626943\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>ABC 12 Las Vegas<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1836650\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1836650\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Las Vegas politician gets 28 years for journalist&#8217;s murder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2355784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/las-vegas-sentencing.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36355,32111,4349,5894,12447],"class_list":["post-2355783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-investigative-journalism","tag-las-vegas","tag-murder","tag-politics","tag-sentencing"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/las-vegas-sentencing.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2355783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2355784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2355783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2355783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2355783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}