New York state Sen. Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens, has been convicted on a misdemeanor charge of assaulting his girlfriend.
A court found him guilty of dragging his girlfriend, Karla Giraldo, through the lobby of his apartment building during an argument last December. At the time, she was bleeding from a face wound which required stitches.
Both the senator and Ms. Giraldo said the injury was an accident. He was acquitted of the charge of smashing her face with a glass. The senator is to be sentenced Dec. 4 on the misdemeanor and could face up to a year in jail.
Shortly after the incident, Mr. Monserrate was sworn in to the state Senate. Last summer, he and Sen. Pedro Espada Jr., also a Democrat, engineered a coup by joining a coalition led by Republicans, briefly overthrowing the Democratic leadership which later retained control of the Senate.
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