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

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

POSTED: Monday, July 21, 2008, 11:09 AM

Dan Gross

Filed Under: Alycia Lane | Breaking News

Acting U.S. Attorney Laurie Magid is expected to announce at 1 p.m. that former CBS 3 anchor Larry Mendte has be charged by information with one count of unauthorized access to a computer system, related to the federal investigation of whether Mendte hacked the private e-mails of former colleague Alycia Lane. 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 Patty Hartman, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office or Mendte's lawyer Michael Schwartz immediately returned calls for comment this morning.

UPDATE: Read the full story from Kitty Caparella in today's paper.

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:26 AM, 07/22/2008

gee Dan, aweful quiet today.....no update on the Gossip page since 11 yesterday?????......where's the updated story? where's ur inside scoop? tough to comment on things when you're not getting fed lines anymore huh?

— Azzurri

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:41 AM, 07/22/2008

Docer, I'm trying to guess what his "side of the story" could possibly be. An addiction to reading other people's e-mail? Then he needs some professional mental health help. Or was he just a jealous, petty co-worker? Even if it wasn't against the law, it's still a rotten thing to do.

— bwilderd