Dave Bohman

Emmy award-winning Investigative Reporter Dave Bohman focuses on breaking major stories, uncovering government corruption and waste, holding public officials accountable and telling the kind of in-depth investigative stories that help make Newswatch 16 one of the highest-rated television news operations in the US.

Dave’s stories hold public figures accountable, expose the depths of the region’s drug crisis, and act as a watchdog of state and local government. Here are just some of his major stories:
• He exposed a local car dealer who sold a new car to a woman but did not tell her that the salesman wrecked the car and had it rebuilt.
• He showed how the federal government cut off more than a million dollars in funding to a domestic violence program in Schuylkill County just because it used an ampersand “&” instead of the word “and” in its application.
• He showed how a local lawmaker got free luxury box tickets to a Penn State football game for this family trip, and how the lawmaker billed taxpayers for gas and mileage to and from the game.
• His investigative report, “The Faces of Meth” used two decades’ worth of mug shots to show how methamphetamine addicts aged drastically from drug use.

Before making Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania his home, Dave was on the “ Discover America” program, working as a reporter, anchor, and news manager at television stations in Vermont, North Carolina, Ohio, New Mexico, and Florida.
In nearly four decades of television news, Dave has won more than 40 broadcast awards, including six Emmys, and a national award for reporting on religious issues.

Dave also does a lot of work for community organizations, and uses his time to promote healthy activities, which is why you will likely find him golfing in tournaments, or running in road races that benefit local non-profits. His hobbies include cooking and reading, and this former high school shortstop follows his hometown Boston Red Sox, Celtics, and New England Patriots.

Dave is a graduate of Syracuse University after majoring in Broadcast Journalism He now lives in Drums with his wife and two teenaged daughters.

You can reach Dave at dave.bohman@wnep.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DBohmanWNEP
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DBohmanWNEP/

Recent Articles

  • College Drinking Arrests in PA: A Look at the Numbers

    BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — When parents send their kids to college, they budget for tuition, room, and meal plans but not bail. A Newswatch 16 investigation finds some area universities regularly see more than 100 students arrested every year for underage drinking and other alcohol-related crimes. The university at the top of the list expects several arrests this weekend. After a long winter that stretched into the spring, Bloomsburg University’s weekday campus life will probably change during this coming weekend’s “Block […]

  • Crestwood Layoffs Reduced; Controversy Continues

    WRIGHT TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The Crestwood Area School Board announced Wednesday it is reducing the number of teacher layoffs from 13 to four, but that may only save teacher jobs for another year. The president of the board admitted the school system is playing “kick the can” with a budget crisis. If parents and taxpayers want to avoid even more layoffs next year, the school says people will have to accept a steep hike in property taxes. Outside the news […]

  • Budget Battle at Crestwood over Teacher Layoffs, Proposed Field House

    WRIGHT TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A school board in Luzerne County and several angry parents are facing off. The Crestwood School Board could formalize plans to lay off 13 teachers at its schools in Mountain Top. Some parents accuse the district of sacrificing education in favor of a new field house. That field house planned for Crestwood High School symbolizes the divide between some parents and the school administration. One side calls it a multipurpose building; the other a million-dollar locker […]

  • Ex-teacher Pleads Guilty, Plans to Apologize

    HONESDALE, Pa. —  A former Spanish teacher at Honesdale High School now faces prison time after pleading guilty to taking pictures described in arrest papers as lewd and invasive. Gaspare Gambino was arrested earlier this year when one of his students discovered videos and pictures on Gambino’s school-owned iPad. Shortly afterward, he lost his job, and this plea could mean he could soon lose his freedom. Gaspare Gambino will never be allowed to teach again. He walked into a Wayne […]

  • Standoff and Gunfire Incident in Hazleton Ends

    @WNEP BREAKING. Standoff ends in Hazleton. Police find body of man who held them at bay inside duplex. More on Newswatch 16 beginning at 4 pic.twitter.com/DZVRMoZeSN — Dave Bohman (@DBohmanWNEP) April 9, 2018 HAZLETON, Pa. — When a man fired a shot at a Hazleton police officer Monday morning, it led to a standoff on the city’s south side. It ended when police entered the home and found the man dead. It started when police were warned about the man’s disturbing […]

  • Accused Killer of Elderly Woman Bound for Trial

    WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — A man accused of a murder in 2013 was in court Friday for a preliminary hearing at the Luzerne County Courthouse. Anthony Spudis was free for four years following the death of 97-year-old Gertrude Price until police picked him up late last year. It took investigators more than four years to get enough evidence to charge a 35-year-old man for murdering Price at her home in Nanticoke. It took a judge just three hours to rule there […]

  • Wilkes-Barre Police Review Finished, Police Chief Resigns

    WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Wilkes-Barre’s police chief is calling it quits. Her departure comes after a long-awaited state report was finally received at City Hall. Wilkes-Barre Police Chief Marcella Lendacky notified the mayor Wednesday that she will retire effective June 3. It will mark the end of her short and controversial tenure at the helm of the Wilkes-Barre’s police force. Wilkes-Barre Mayor Tony George received the chief’s retirement letter Wednesday afternoon, but the mayor did not connect the chief’s letter with […]

  • Quagmire at Quail Hill

    LUZERNE COUNTY — Imagine spending your life’s savings on a dream home, only to have a real tough time getting to and from that home. That’s the situation in part of Luzerne County. Quail Hill homeowners are crying for help. They say they need more than pothole repair; they need new permanent roads because the temporary ones are falling apart. Rich Hanson is one of many homeowners at the Quail Hill subdivision near Pittston who say walking is safer than […]

  • Dentist Clarifies Controversial Letter to Parents

    BARTONSVILLE, Pa. — The founder of a pediatric dental practice is responding to criticism of a warning letter sent to a few parents and guardians of their patients. On Friday, we reported on that letter from Smiles 4 Keeps. It threatened to report parents for neglect if they did not make follow-up appointments with the dentist. Dr. Ross Wezmar says he and his fellow dentists have been targeted with harsh criticism for that controversial letter to some parents. Instead of […]

  • 16 Investigates: Smiles 4 Keeps Letter

    SCRANTON, Pa. — Most people don’t like going to the dentist to begin with but this letter dated nine days ago appears to warn parents that if they don’t make a dental appointment for their children soon, they could get a visit from a Children and Youth investigator. In a letter addressed to ‘Dear Parent’ Smiles 4 Keeps writes, “Failure to bring your child for dental care is considered neglect. Smiles 4 Keeps has not reported your child’s outstanding dental […]

  • Free Money for Scholarships

    LUZERNE COUNTY — Parents of babies born this year can get free scholarship money in one area county but very few even know about the program. Luzerne County is one of six in our state and the only county in our region chosen for this test program. Kids born in Luzerne County in 2018 can get $100 placed into an educational savings account. All their parents have to do is a little paperwork. free money for scholarships. Harley Metzger of […]

  • ABC Bridges in the Poconos

    The collapse of a 950-ton bridge in Miami has people in our area wanting a closer look at bridges in our area that are designed to be built quickly. The bridge spanned a busy road through the heart of Florida International Unversity. It was pre-fabricated in a process called “accelerated bridge construction,” or ABC. Some are expressing concerns over similar spans around here. Construction crews rebuilt a bridge on Route 534 near Albrightsville last summer. It took three days. About […]