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Jailed ex-politician indicted in killing of Vegas journalist

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By KEN RITTER
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas-area politician has been indicted on a murder charge carrying the possibility of the death penalty in the killing of a veteran investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of him and his managerial conduct. Robert Telles is now scheduled for arraignment next Wednesday in Clark County District Court. He won’t face a preliminary hearing of evidence that had been scheduled next week. Telles’ lawyers declined to comment about the indictment. Telles, a Democrat, was arrested Sept. 7 in the stabbing death of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, and remains jailed without bail. District Attorney Steve Wolfson says he’ll make a decision in coming weeks whether to seek the death penalty.

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