Ex-KTVU anchor Frank Somerville arrested in Berkeley on suspicion of battery

SF Gate ^ | 6/6/2023 | By Gabe Lehman

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Former KTVU anchor Frank Somerville’s tumultuous couple of years took another turn on Monday night when he was arrested in Berkeley following an alleged physical altercation with his brother.

Berkeley Scanner reported that police arrived at the home of Somerville's parents in the Berkeley Hills just after 6:30 p.m. Monday. Police allegedly found Somerville being restrained by his brother, who told the Berkeley Scanner that he and Frank got into a fight after Frank made threats against their father.

According to Alameda County jail records, Somerville, 65, was booked on suspicion of battery with serious bodily injury, threatening a crime with the intent to terrorize and disorderly conduct while intoxicated. His bail was set at $27,500 and, as of late Monday night, Somerville was still in custody at the Berkeley City Jail.

The former anchor had been with KTVU since 1991 and was a respected face in Bay Area local news. But he began making headlines for all the wrong reasons a couple of years ago when he was caught slurring his words during a KTVU broadcast in June 2021. He was suspended from the station a couple months later before being arrested for a DUI in December of that year.

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I only post this as your classic example of a libtard finger-wagger gone off the rails. This guy used to post the most condescending and preachy tomes on Facebook about how we had to treat each other more respectfully (as an attack on Trump and supporters) and how racist our society is (he has/had? a black wife and mixed-race daughter).

Frank, get help and never get back on soapboxes again. Because there but the grace of God go any of us.

[Steely Tom]

Frank’s having some problems.

[Vendome]

+1

Every condescending moral accountant has a full closet

Wh

[lee martell]

Oh, No. Frank, I thought maybe you were crawling out of that deep dark hole of self destruction. Maybe there would be an Anchor offer from someplace like Sacramento. Not now.

This is even worse than his first meteoric fall from grace last year. Worse, because it involves elder abuse toward his own family.
His next chapter might be his last chapter.

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Somerville says he was on his way to get some Taco Bell when the crash happened.

Now, he says, he has quit drinking and only takes one medication — presumably the Ambien — for insomnia.

And he'd like a new anchor job, either in town or in another market.

"I’ve NEVER been in trouble with the law and I never will be again," he said on Facebook. "This dui will not define me."

"I’m a damn good anchor and everyone knows that," he adds. "I’ve always believed in second chances and that’s what I’m asking for now."

https://sfist.com/2022/12/19/former-ktvu-anchor-speaks-publicly-addiction/

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Battery?

Maybe he is on Lithium.

[Steely Tom]

A narcissist with a high opinion of himself. How unusual.

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PIC???

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