A jury convicted former state Sen. Ernest Newton II of three counts of illegal practices in campaign financing and acquitted him of one charge of witness tampering at Hartford Superior Court on Friday.
According to the court, a mistrial was declared on the remaining counts, including two charges of first-degree larceny and two charges of illegal campaign practices.
Newtown's campaign fraud case went to trial last month. It's the second criminal trial for the former state senator from Bridgeport, who gave up his seat in 2005 before being sentenced to five years in prison for taking a $5,000 bribe.
Newton pleaded not guilty to the most recent allegations of larceny and campaign finance fraud and denied allegations that he submitted false documentation to obtain more than $80,000 in state public campaign funds for his failed 2012 campaign to win back his old Senate seat.
An arrest warrant says Newton submitted bogus documentation when he was $500 short of the $15,000 in private contributions he needed to raise to qualify for public campaign funds.
According to the court clerk, a pre-sentencing investigation is set to begin March 13.
