Paris Hilton prosecutor comes under fire

DelgadilloÕs wife was wanted for arrest for nine years but only paid a fine

LOS ANGELES - The city prosecutor who condemned Paris HiltonÕs early release from jail as celebrity favoritism is now under fire for a case of special treatment closer to home Ñ acknowledging his wife was wanted for arrest for nine years.

The disclosure, first reported by the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, is the latest in a mushrooming scandal that has engulfed City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo, who ran for California attorney general last year but lost.

According to the Times, a warrant for his wifeÕs arrest was issued by a judge in 1998 after she failed to appear in court on charges of driving without insurance on a suspended license in an unregistered car.