A former Las Vegas-area Democratic politician convicted of killing an investigative journalist who wrote a critical article about him will spend how much longer in prison before becoming eligible for parole on Wednesday. You will know.
Robert Telles, who was convicted of ambushing and killing Las Vegas Review Journal reporter Jeff German in front of his home over Labor Day weekend 2022, is scheduled to speak at his sentencing hearing. Officials have revealed that there is. Speaking to Fox5 Vegas.
Mr. German, 69, has covered crime, courts and corruption in Las Vegas for 44 years. At the time of German's death, Telles had been elected administrator of the Clark County office, which handles unclaimed estates and probate cases.
A jury in August sentenced Telles to 20 years to life in prison, and the judge on Wednesday issued several sentencing enhancements to bring the minimum maximum to 28 years before Telles, 47, is eligible for parole. There is a possibility that it will be activated.
Juror says Telles' own testimony weakened defense in journalist murder case
Clark County Administrator Robert Telles (right) speaks with Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German in his Las Vegas office on May 11, 2022. (KM Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal, via AP)
Telles lost his primary election for a second term in May and June 2022 after German reported on chaos at the Clark County Administrator/Conservator's office.
In one of them, written by a german Six current and former employees interviewed by the Review-Journal said the hostile work environment was fueled by the office's elected administrator, Robert Telles, and that staff members and “inappropriate employees” harmed the office. He claims that they continued a “relationship”. Ability to deal with the public in supervising the estate of a deceased person. ”
Prosecutor Christopher Hamner said in closing arguments in the murder trial that German's work to expose Telles was not done, ultimately leading the politician to eliminate the veteran journalist.
“He did it because Jeff hadn't finished writing,” Hamner said. “It's like connecting the dots. He killed Jeff because Jeff's writing ruined his career. It damaged his reputation. It probably threatened his marriage. He Even he revealed things that he did not want the public to know.
Telles had hundreds of photos of Germans' homes and neighborhoods, jurors were told.
Prosecutor Christopher Hamner, above right, said during the trial that Telles (left) killed German “because Jeff's writing ruined his career.” (KM Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Pool, main and top right, Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal via Getty.)
According to the Associated Press, Telles testified for several hours at trial and was the first to admit that the reports of an office romance were true. He denied killing the German nationals and said he was “framed” by a broader conspiracy involving real estate companies, police, DNA analysts and former colleagues. He told the jury he had become a victim of a campaign to root out corruption.
But that evidence included Telles' DNA found under German's fingernails.
Clark County District Court Judge Michelle Leavitt could add up to eight years to Telles' sentence for using a deadly weapon in intentional, premeditated and premeditated murder. Because the Germans were over 60 years old. and for being in ambush before the attack.
Robert Telles listens to closing arguments in his murder trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on August 26. (KM Cannon/Las Vegas Review Journal/Associated Press)
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Telles' attorney, Robert Draskovich, said Telles plans to appeal the conviction.
FOX News' Michael Dorgan and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
