McPhee charged with DUI. assault

[Bob Nelson]

WMEX host Michele McPhee made the news but not in a good way, a bit over a
week into her new show when she was stopped on suspicion of DUI. resisted
arrest and is said to have assaulted a police officer. She said she'd had
no sleep the night before and had drunk some wine. She angrily pointed out
her decades of supporting the police and demanded to see "the Colonel". She
has been arraigned and her next court date is in August.

Recently WEEI's John Dennis confronted a problem with alcohol, took time
off and went into rehab. Hopefully should she have the same pattern of
alcohol abuse she can do the same. Intoxication can lead to bad judgement
and her pulling the "do you know who I am?" card proves despite supporting
police officers, nobody is above the law. On social media and the comment
boards of local papers. many are calling her a hypocrite.

WMEX issued a statement supporting her as she faces the judgement system
and praised her past journalistic record. Elsewhere on the dial from what I
heard,
Howie Carr didn't mention the incident. They have been colleagues at work
and she would call his show about certain hot cases; had it been someone
else it could have been a different story. Howie had a couple driving
incidents himself, one in Wellesley that could have been medicine-related
and a rollover on the Mass. Pike shortly before starting his "new show".
Had he not been wearing a seat belt it could have been the end for him.
(This was just after election night and he said he he had been"up late".)

Again as with the case of Dennis, alcohol abuse is a tough addiction to
fight and. whether or not you agree with her political views. it's
something people must face and her station supports her (as Entercom did
with Dennis). For now morning host Joe Ligotti. a fellow colleague from her
WTKK days. may be filling in as he
did yesterday.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/06/wmex_backing_host_michele_mcphee_in_oui_assault_counts

"“We leave it to the judicial system of the State of Massachusetts to
provide due process and justice to Michele, while we continue to support
her within our family, and wish her a speedy recovery from the serious
injuries that she sustained in the course of this event,” the (WMEX)
statement read.