Prosecutors rested their case in the murder trial of Robert Telles, the former Clark County elected official accused of killing RJ reporter Jeff German.
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Katelyn Newberg joined the Review-Journal's investigative team in February 2025. Following two internships, she joined the newspaper staff in 2018 as a breaking news reporter and began covering courts and legal affairs in October 2021. She is a native of central Florida and a 2018 graduate of the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications.
The state rested its case on Monday afternoon, after calling 28 witnesses over four days of testimony during the trial.
Jurors heard testimony from 24 witnesses during the first week of the murder trial for Robert Telles, the former elected official accused of killing RJ reporter Jeff German.
The murder trial for a former elected official accused of killing Review-Journal reporter Jeff German resumed on Friday with more testimony, including from an employee in Telles’ office.
One of the witnesses who testified Thursday told jurors that he recognized the shoes that the suspect wore.
Testimony resumed Thursday in the murder trial of a former elected official accused in the slaying of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.
Attorneys gave opening statements and began questioning witnesses during the third day of the murder trial for a man accused of killing Review-Journal reporter Jeff German.
A jury was shown video surveillance documenting a suspect’s vehicle before and after the killing of Review-Journal reporter Jeff German as testimony started in the murder trial.
The second day of the trial for Robert Telles, who is accused of killing Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, ended with attorneys finalizing a jury.
Telles, the former Clark County public administrator, is accused of killing Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.
The murder trial began for former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, who is accused of killing Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.
Jury selection began in the trial of former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, accused of killing investigative reporter Jeff German.
A questionnaire sent to “several hundred” potential jurors asked for people’s opinions on law enforcement and the news media, including questions about the Review-Journal.
Robert Telles is set to stand trial next week, as prosecutors are expected to argue that DNA and other evidence show he killed Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German.
The murder trial for former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles is set to begin on Monday with jury selection.