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Mayor Arrested On Federal Sex Charges
WATERBURY Conn. - Mayor Philip Giordano of Waterbury was arrested this morning on federal charges of using an interstate facility to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity, and conspiracy to use an interstate facility to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.
He is being held without bail.
FBI agents were searching Giordano's office Thursday Giordano, a Republican, made an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate last year against Sen. Joseph Lieberman. He ran despite public warnings from Gov. John G. Rowland, a fellow Waterbury Republican, and encountered financial problems in the campaign. The Federal Election Commission threatened to audit Giordano's campaign finances.
The agency said he did not properly identify numerous donors and failed to list a host of expenditures. The agency also said the campaign had failed to clear up questions about a $300,000 loan that made up the bulk of his campaign war chest.
Giordano was elected in 1995 and has served three, two-year terms. He also was a state lawmaker.
Mayor Arrested On Federal Sex Charges
WATERBURY Conn. - Mayor Philip Giordano of Waterbury was arrested this morning on federal charges of using an interstate facility to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity, and conspiracy to use an interstate facility to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.
He is being held without bail.
FBI agents were searching Giordano's office Thursday Giordano, a Republican, made an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate last year against Sen. Joseph Lieberman. He ran despite public warnings from Gov. John G. Rowland, a fellow Waterbury Republican, and encountered financial problems in the campaign. The Federal Election Commission threatened to audit Giordano's campaign finances.
The agency said he did not properly identify numerous donors and failed to list a host of expenditures. The agency also said the campaign had failed to clear up questions about a $300,000 loan that made up the bulk of his campaign war chest.
Giordano was elected in 1995 and has served three, two-year terms. He also was a state lawmaker.