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Former Arizona lawmaker Tony Navarrete found guilty of sexual conduct with a minor

Tony Navarrete
Arizona Senate Democrats
Tony Navarrete

A former state lawmaker was found guilty of sexual conduct with a minor Thursday.

Tony Navarrete resigned from the Arizona Senate after being indicted in 2021 on multiple charges of sexual conduct with minors.

The victims were his two underage nephews, both of whom testified against him in a trial.

The case went to trial in October of last year, but a hung jury resulted in a mistrial.

In the second trial, which concluded Thursday, Navarrete was found guilty of sexual conduct with a minor, but not of two other counts. 

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Camryn Sanchez is a field correspondent at KJZZ covering everything to do with state politics.