Font Size

New York Local News

E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

KYW-TV Fires Anchor After Alleged Incident In NYC

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

Recipient E-mail:*
- Your Name:*
- Your E-mail:*
Add a Message:
Send me a copy of this e-mail.

Type the characters in this picture:*

Click here to refresh with new letters

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

Print Share +

Jan 7, 2008 3:00 pm US/Eastern

KYW-TV Fires Anchor After Alleged Incident In NYC

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Alycia Lane. (file photo)
CBS

Close

numSlides of totalImages

Related Slideshows

: Race For New Hampshire

: 2008 Presidential Hopefuls

: Campaign For Iowa

: Winter Storms Hit Northern California

: Mass Uprising: Stellar Season For Boston Sports

: 2008 NFL Playoffs: The Matchups

: New Year's Eve Around The World

: 2007 Celebrity Deaths

: 2007: Newsmakers Remembered

: Celebrity Mug Shots

A Philadelphia anchorwoman who was off the air since she was charged with striking a New York City police officer was fired today.

The station, KYW-TV, said Alycia Lane was released from her contract the day she was due back on air.

Lane, a passenger in a taxi involved in a Manhattan traffic dispute last month, is accused of using a sexual slur against a plainclothes female officer and hitting her. Lane pleaded not guilty and is next due in court April 3rd.

Lane, who joined the station in 2003, reportedly earned $700,000 a year as co-anchor of the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts.

The Long Island native has been a staple of gossip pages in Philadelphia after two failed marriages. Recent reports link her romantically with Chris Booker, a local radio DJ who was with her when she was arrested in New York.