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Anchor away: Mendte fired by CBS 3

POSTED: Monday, June 23, 2008, 6:18 PM

Dan Gross

Filed Under: Alycia Lane | Breaking News

CBS 3 anchor Larry Mendte has been released from his contract, the station announced on its 6 p.m. news moments ago. "Mendte is currently under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and has not appeared on CBS 3 since May 29, 2008," the station announced. "The decision to terminate Mendte’s employment was based on an independent investigation conducted by CBS." Mendte had been co-anchor of CBS 3's 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts since September 2003. He's been benched over the investigation on whether he snooped on former colleague Alycia Lane's private e-mails..

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:49 PM, 06/24/2008

Look at all of the money CBS3 is saving 1.4 million dollars by bouncing Larry & Alycia. Larry, Alycia, and Booker are going to work for TMZ.

— Fast Eddie

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:56 PM, 06/24/2008

Who is this guy, Ron Burgundy?

— Annfromud

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:26 PM, 06/26/2008

Hurricane Alycia, destroying everything in her path and then some. sheesh woman.

— tulipwalk

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:04 PM, 06/26/2008

I went to High School with Sue Barnett, she competed in the beauty pageant in A.C.(when she was 17 or 18) , she is very pretty and a really sweet person!

— NAUGHTYDI

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:16 AM, 06/27/2008

I had to shield my children's eyes from this guy! He looks like the guy in a raincoat hanging at the playground on a sunny day. Bet he's a seat sniffer.

— Bone