Ex-Mayor Convicted in Sexual Abuse Case
A federal jury convicted a former mayor of Waterbury of violating the civil rights of two young girls by sexually abusing them, ending a trial that was filled with lurid testimony about sexual encounters with girls.
Philip Giordano, 40, faces up to life in prison. He was also found guilty of conspiring with a prostitute who is the mother of one of the girls and an aunt of the other. In addition, jurors convicted him on 14 of 15 counts of using an interstate device -- a cell phone -- to arrange the meetings with the girls.
Giordano is to be arraigned Thursday on state charges.
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