Ex-Philly Anchor Gets House Arrest For Getting Into Co-worker’s Emails

We expect more of our tv anchors…or do we?

By Joseph A. Slobodzian
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
PHILADELPHIA — Disgraced former CBS3 anchor Larry Mendte

Anchor Larry Mendte/cbs3

will serve six months of house arrest for his guilty plea to reading the e-mails of former co-anchor Alycia Lane and feeding the details to newspaper gossip columnists.
U.S. District Judge Mary A. McLaughlin also sentenced Mendte, 51, to three years probation, a $5,000 fine and to perform 250 hours of community service.
Before he was sentenced, Mendte told the court: “When I look back on the story of my life, I can’t believe it brought me to this moment. I am ashamed.”
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Posted: 11/25/08 at 2:24 AM under News Story.