LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Robert Telles still insisted he was innocent seven weeks after a jury returned a guilty verdict against him for murder and sentenced him to life in prison with eligibility for ...

On Wednesday, a judge sentenced German's killer, former Clark County public administrator Robert Telles, to the maximum penalty — 28 years to life in prison with enhancements because the victim ...

Telles has maintained his innocence since he was arrested and, when he testified in his trial, claimed German's murder was the result of a conspiracy. When he addressed the court on Wednesday, he ...

Robert Draskovich, Telles' attorney at trial, said he was not contracted to continue through the appeals process and was granted a motion to withdraw following sentencing in October.

Robert Telles, a former Clark County public administrator charged in the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative journalist Jeff German, right, talks with attorney Robert Draskovich during a ...

Robert Telles, a former Las Vegas-area Democratic elected official, reacts to his sentencing in the killing of an investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of his conduct in office ...

Telles ambushed and killed German outside the reporter’s home that September, prosecutors said. He was convicted of first-degree murder at trial and sentenced to 28 years to life in prison.

Telles has maintained his innocence since he was arrested and, when he testified in his trial, claimed German's murder was the result of a conspiracy. When he addressed the court on Wednesday, he ...

Robert Telles' original sentence in the killing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German was life in prison with the possibility of parole after 20 years.