Former Politician Convicted of Killing Las Vegas Reporter

Prosecutors said Robert Telles blamed the 69-year-old investigative reporter for the end of his political career.

Robert Telles reacts to the guilty verdict in his murder trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Aug. 28, 2024. K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool

A Nevada jury has found a former Las Vegas politician guilty of murdering an investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of his conduct in office.

Robert Telles, a former Clark County public administrator, was accused of killing 69-year-old investigative reporter Jeff German in a side yard of the journalist’s home in 2022.