A television news anchor from Philadelphia was arrested in Manhattan on Sunday after she punched a police officer in the face, the police said. The anchor, Ms. Lane, 35, was arraigned on a felony charge of assaulting a police officer and pleaded not guilty, her lawyer, David Smith, said. She was released. Ms. Lane “denies striking anyone,” Mr. Smith said. “We’re confident that after a full investigation of the facts she’ll be cleared,” he said.
Ms. Lane, a Long Island native, is a co-anchor of evening newscasts at KYW-TV, the CBS-owned station in Philadelphia. “We are still trying to sort out exactly what happened,” a spokeswoman for the station said.