After a daylong trial at Alexandria General District Rep. Vito Fossella was found guilty Friday of driving under the influence in an incident that prompted a sex scandal and cost the New York Republican his political career.
A Virginia state judge in Alexandria found Fossella, 43, guilty of running a red light and driving under the influence in May despite several witnesses who testified the congressman was not intoxicated the night of the incident.
Police who testified insisted he was intoxicated, citing an blood alcohol level of .17. Judge Becky Moore was uncertain about the accuracy of the breathalyzer test and said that the issue would be argued at the sentencing hearing.
Source: CNN
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