A former elected official in Nevada was sentenced on Oct. 16 to 28 years in prison for the murder of a reporter who investigated him.
Clark County District Court Judge Michelle Leavitt handed down the sentence to Robert Telles, 47, in a courtroom in Las Vegas.
Jurors had found Telles guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of investigative reporter Jeff German, who was found dead at his home in 2022. The first-degree murder charge carries a minimum of 20 years.
Leavitt added eight years to the sentence for the use of a deadly weapon in a willful, deliberate, premeditated killing; because the victim, German, was older than 60 years old; and for lying in wait before the attack….