Virginia ? Rep. Vito Fossella was convicted Friday of drunken driving in suburban Virginia, another blow from a late-night traffic stop that exposed secrets of his personal life and wrecked his career.

After a daylong trial at Alexandria General District Court, Judge Becky Moore found Fossella guilty of driving under the influence when he was pulled over for running a red light shortly after midnight on May 1. The arrest led to revelations that he had fathered a child from an extramarital affair, and he decided not to seek re-election. Fossella, New York City’s only Republican congressman, was first elected to the House in 1997.

The judge said she would hold a hearing Dec. 8 to determine whether prosecutors had met the legal threshold for high blood alcohol content, which would mean a mandatory five-day jail sentence.

Crying friends hugged Fossella in the courtroom after the verdict.

“Don’t worry. It’ll be OK,” he told them.