Ex-politician pleads not guilty in Vegas reporter killing


              FILE - Then-Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, right, talks to Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German in his Las Vegas office, on May 11, 2022. Prosecutors say Telles won't face the death penalty at trial in the killing of German who wrote articles critical of him and his managerial conduct. Telles, a Democrat now stripped of his elected position, pleaded not guilty Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, after being indicted in the stabbing death of German. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)
            
              FILE - Then-Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, right, talks to Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German in his Las Vegas office, on May 11, 2022. Prosecutors say Telles won't face the death penalty at trial in the killing of German who wrote articles critical of him and his managerial conduct. Telles, a Democrat now stripped of his elected position, pleaded not guilty Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, after being indicted in the stabbing death of German. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)
            
              FILE - Robert Telles appears in court during his bail hearing at the Regional Justice Center, on Oct. 18, 2022, in Las Vegas. Prosecutors say the former Las Vegas-area politician, won't face the death penalty at trial in the killing of a veteran investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of him and his managerial conduct. Telles, a Democrat now stripped of his elected position, pleaded not guilty Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, after being indicted in the stabbing death of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)