An Albany County court jury Wednesday afternoon found two former University at Albany students guilty of filing a false statement, but acquitted the pair of assault, attempted assault and harassment.
The verdicts came from a high-profile, racially charged case in which three African American women - Asha Burwell, Ariel Agudo and Alexis Briggs - all students at the university, told Albany police they were harassed and assaulted by white students aboard a CDTA bus in January of last year. Videos later called their statements to police into question.
The third defendant, Briggs, accepted a plea bargain last year and did not go to trial.
