Melissa Bell arrested for DUI

[Sean Smyth]

On Mon, 2/23/09, Maureen Carney <m_carney@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Fox 25 fill-in meterologist Melissa Bell was arrested for
> drunk driving on Friday.
> 
> http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1154069&format=email
> 
> I saw her on the 10p news Friday and she looked HORRIBLE,
> like she just got out of bed. Her clothes were not something
> you would expect a professional reporter to wear and she
> couldn't put a sentence together. Now I know why.

In this economic environment, isn't this almost carte blanche for an employer to cut someone loose? I'm surprised they let her on the air like that. (I hope she gets the help she needs, too.)