Frank Somerville Disgraced Ex-News Anchor Arrested Twice In One Night In California

In the latest public controversy to afflict former Bay Area journalist Frank Somerville, he was detained twice in one night in Berkeley, California. Somerville, a disgraced former television anchor, was the subject of the detentions.

Somerville, aged 65, was reportedly arrested by the Berkeley Scanner at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The arrest was made following an argument with his younger brother over “ongoing family issues” related to their 91-year-old father.

It is alleged that Somerville threatened his father at his residence. A former KTVU anchor has been accused of showing up at his father’s house while intoxicated and agitated, as reported by a local crime site.

The situation escalated into a physical altercation between the anchor and his brother Mark, resulting in Mark sustaining facial bruises.

According to Berkeley police, Somerville has been detained on charges of criminal threats, violence, public intoxication, and probation violation. According to police reports, the individual was taken into custody and booked into Berkeley Jail on a bond of $32,500.

The suspect was later released at 2:20 a.m. on Tuesday. He subsequently returned to his father’s residence to retrieve his vehicle. After retrieving his vehicle and departing, the individual in question returned shortly thereafter.

According to the outlet, Somerville returned to the house to search for his lost phone, which he had misplaced on Monday evening.

According to police, the individual repeatedly pressed the doorbell of the residence in his quest to find his phone. According to the publication, at 4:20 a.m., police were summoned and discovered the former news anchor inebriated, sitting in his vehicle.

According to the Berkeley police, Somerville was observed driving under the influence of alcohol and exhibited objective signs and symptoms of public intoxication.

The individual was taken into custody once more, this time under suspicion of driving under the influence and violating probation. They were subsequently incarcerated at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, with bail set at $15,000.

After being released, he informed the Berkeley Scanner via email on Tuesday afternoon that he was not under the influence of alcohol. In the past, Somerville has faced issues related to alcohol abuse and driving under the influence.

In December 2021, a viral video captured a man ramming his Porsche into an Audi that was stopped at an intersection in Oakland, making him the news. In March of this year, he confessed to driving under the influence during a televised interview after being arrested.

He admitted, “I got trashed.” “There is no other way to say it,” the speaker stated. A resident in the area reportedly became inebriated within their apartment and subsequently expressed a desire to visit a nearby Taco Bell establishment, located approximately two and a half blocks away from their residence.

The individual admitted to making an idiotic decision to operate a vehicle. The individual stated that they had no business driving whatsoever.

Somerville, who was involved in a recent vehicle accident, had been terminated by KTVU several months prior to the incident. The reason for his dismissal was reportedly due to slurring his words during a live newscast on May 30, 2021, at 10 p.m.

According to Somerville in an interview earlier this year, he denied being intoxicated while on duty and explained that he had mistakenly consumed two Ambien pills instead of his prescribed medication. Somerville has been fired and sent to a nine-week treatment program following a live TV disaster.

In August 2021, he resumed his anchor position but was subsequently dismissed due to a disagreement with the station regarding their coverage of the Gabby Petito case.

According to Somerville’s statement in a March interview, he was in the process of completing a DUI program and expressed his desire to resume his career in TV news.

He explained that loving that thing was his passion. The individual expressed their enjoyment for their current occupation. The individual expressed their enjoyment for anchoring.