Former CBS Anchor Larry Mendte Sentenced

Larry Mendte, who worked at Chicago's WBBM-TV in the early 90s, has been sentenced after pleading guilty in August to hacking into former co-worker Alycia Lane's email account and leaking embarrassing communications she had with NFL Network's Rich Eisen. Mendte was given six months of house arrest and three years of probation. Here's Larry "Crash Override" Mendte in happier, wetter times:

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The only thing more pathetic than News Anchors who believe they are celebrities are the lengths they will go to in order to make themselves bigger celebrities. You friggin read a teleprompter. That does not make you special, more interesting, or better than anyone else.

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