Mendte gets six months’ house arrest November 24, 2008

Former CBS3 anchor Larry Mendte received six months’ house arrest, among other punishments, for hacking into the e-mail account of former co-anchor Alycia Lane. His other punishments include:

• $5,000 fine
• 250 hours of community service
• Three years’ probation
• Filtering device on computer
• No contact with Lane

Here’s Mendte’s version of the story.

The sentencing comes nearly one year after the entire Lane-Mendte debacle began unfolding at CBS3. Lane was arrested in New York City in mid-December for allegedly punching a cop. She was subsequently released from her contract. In May, Mendte’s computers were confiscated after an FBI probe into the hacking accusation; he accessed Lane’s e-mails more than 500 times since January.

Both Mendte and his wife, Fox29 anchor Dawn Stensland, directly addressed Lane at the sentencing hearing today, apologizing for his actions. Check out all the local coverage below:

CBS3
NBC10
Fox29
6ABC
Philly.com
Wikipedia (yeah, the intro graph is kind of entertaining)