31
January
EX-POL FIGHTS KID-SEX CONVICTION
Philip Giordano, 40, the three-term mayor of Waterbury and GOP nominee for Senate in 2000, was convicted March 25, 2003 – his 40 birthday – of violating the rights of two preteen girls by sexually abusing them while in office. He was on trial on federal civil-rights charges, one count of conspiracy and 11 counts of using a telephone to entice or solicit children for sex. He is charged with using an interstate facility to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity and conspiracy to commit that offense. He