She was released from jail. But, good God, big media, have you no mercy? The precious face of Alycia Lane, who since becoming a CBS 3 news anchor in 2003 has been the sexiest brown haired beauty on CBS other than Ray Ramano, has been unleashed.

Coming out of a New York City criminal court early yesterday morning, Lane was caught without TV makeup, frustrated and, well, not put together. Compare the photo to the left to her station released graphic below it.  

As the details emerge about why Lane ended up getting arrested by two NYC cops in downtown Manhattan, the story is getting more and more absurd. According to the New York Post, Lane was in a cab with her so-labeled boyfriend, Q102 morning host Chris Booker, and another couple traveling behind a slow-moving vehicle that turned out to be an unmarked police car.

One of the men reportedly got out of the cab to yell at the driver of the unmarked car. The anonymous driver turned out to be a plainclothes police officer and when a female officer, also in the unmarked car, approached Alycia Lane, who at this point had gotten out and begun to take photos of the incident, the female cop got a lesson… don’t f with Philly news anchors. Lane reportedly punched the officer, lacerating her face, and CBS 3’s biggest star got carted off to jail amid a flurry of obscentities. 

Despite the fun, we’ve lost a great one. Between this incident and when she allegedly sent bikini photos of herself to Rich Eisen, the married ABC sports reporter, CBS 3 can’t possibly keep her around. Can they?

Even if they do, it looks like there’s a return to the competition to find who is the hottest Philly newscaster. Is it ABC 6’s Erin O’Hearn or Fox 29’s Kerri-Lee Halkett? We’re leaning towards Erin, but let us know. For sure, Alycia’s out.