376: Brian Herrick and Mike Levy – TV News Anchor Computer Hacking Case

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Jerri Williams

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🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent Brian Herrick and retired Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Michael Levy review the computer hacking investigation and prosecution of former Philadelphia CBS affiliate news anchor Larry Mendte who hacked into the email accounts of his co-anchor Alycia Lane and leaked private information about her to the media. Mendte was charged with intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization. Brian Herrick served with the FBI for 20 years.

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0:00.0	Paul Rosen calls me somewhere in early March to tell me that they have reason to believe that
0:06.5	someone is hacking into Alicia Lane's email accounts and they have suspicions and he'd like to
0:12.5	show me what they've got. So I reach out to the cyber squad at the FBI and end up getting
0:20.1	Brian assigned.
0:21.6	With Mentee's attempt to kind of put his thumb on the scale of justice with respect to
0:27.4	Lane's ongoing legal battle by leaking information that could have had a really significant
0:33.3	impact, he was trying to take the outcome of her legal battle into his own hands and alter
0:39.2	its course to his benefit.
0:43.3	Welcome to episode 376 of FBI Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:52.4	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the
0:57.9	FBI does through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues. Today we get to
1:04.8	speak to retired agent Brian Herrick and retired assistant United States Attorney AUSA Mike Levy.
1:13.6	They reviewed the computer hacking investigation and prosecution of former Philadelphia CBS affiliate news anchor Larry Minty,
1:23.6	who hacked into the email accounts of his co-anchor, Alicia Lane, and leaked private information
1:30.0	about her to the media.
1:32.2	Menti was charged with intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization.
1:38.2	It was a major scandal closely followed by the Philadelphia News Media and the public. Brian Herrick, who is an
1:46.3	adjunct professor at Westchester University, and Mike Levy, who is a professor at Penn Law School,
1:53.4	both use this case as a teaching tool. Brian Herrick served in the FBI for 20 years. Early in his
2:00.7	bureau career, he led a computer intrusion task force, was an FBI cart,
2:06.4	digital forensic examiner, and conducted technical and investigative training as a police instructor.
2:13.0	Brian also worked extensively with global partners through the FBI's International Task Force.
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