WICS-TV in Springfield , Illinois , dismissed anchor Vince DeMentri , 50 , and reporter Garrett Brngr over the brawl . DeMentri was hired by station in 2012 despite his checked past . He had been fired from a previous job at WFLA for making racist comments on air. In 2010 , DeMentri was terminated by WPIX in New York after he got into a fight with the driver of a UN ambassador over a parking spot .
WICS-TV in Springfield , Illinois , dismissed anchor Vince DeMentri , 50 , and reporter Garrett Brngr over the brawl . DeMentri was hired by station in 2012 despite his checked past . He was fired in 2008 from NBC10 in Philadelphia over an affair with a married co-worker . In 2010 , DeMentri was terminated by WPIX in New York after he got into a fight with the driver of a UN ambassador over a parking spot .