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Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 March 2009 10:01 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 24 March 2009 10:01
From the Times Union:
Hiram Monserrate, a freshman state senator who was sworn in amid allegations he slashed his girlfriend’s face with a piece of broken glass, was indicted Monday for assault.
A Queens grand jury indicted Monserrate on three counts of second-degree felony assault and three counts of third-degree misdemeanor assault. If convicted, he faces seven years in prison on the most serious of the charges.
Monserrate, who was in Albany on Monday for a legislative session, professed his innocence.
“I’ve said all along this was an accident. The district attorney’s politically motivated decision to pursue this case doesn’t change the fact that this was an accident,” he said in a statement.