U.S. Attorney to announce charge against Larry Mendte at 1 PM

Acting U.S. Attorney

is expected to announce at 1 p.m. that former CBS 3 anchor

has be charged by information with one count of unauthorized access to a computer system, related to the

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. Legal community sources tell us that when one is charged by information, rather than indictment, it typically signals a plea or sentencing agreement has been reached. Neither

, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office or Mendte's lawyer

immediately returned calls for comment this morning.

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