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

  • Questions about Marijuana Permit

    SCRANTON — There are questions about the company awarded a permit to grow medical marijuana in Scranton. Two former executives face felony charges, accused of smuggling marijuana oil between two states. Newswatch 16 has learned the company that got the permit to grow medical marijuana in Scranton did not notify the state about the criminal charges against former executives. The two are accused of smuggling marijuana oil between its facilities in Minnesota and New York. Just last week, the state […]

  • Town Hall Meeting: Protests And Points In Favor

    SCRANTON — Some folks at the town hall meeting say Mayor Bill Courtright answered most of the unanswered questions. Others say the mayor stumbled badly, especially when he tried to explain why it took 50 lawyers and $3.1 million to make the sale happen. “The people need to be represented, not just crony lawyers,” said one protester. Mayor Courtright didn’t have to see the protesters outside the Lackawanna College auditorium to know he would face a tough crowd. Once the […]

  • State Announces Four Medical Marijuana Permits in Our Area

    HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced Tuesday the companies that will grow and process marijuana for medical use. More than 400 companies applied for permits, the state awarded just 12. Statewide, those 12 permits will be awarded to companies that will both grow marijuana and process the plant into pill and oil forms for medicine. DOH has released the 12 medical marijuana grower/processor permittees and locations ↓ pic.twitter.com/3gUfQClHLl — Pennsylvania DOH (@PAHealthDept) June 20, 2017 Today, DOH is […]

  • Rep. Haggerty Fails to List Loan on Campaign Finance Report

    DUNMORE — Newswatch 16 has learned the state attorney general’s office has been asked to review State Representative Kevin Haggerty’s campaign finance reports. In 2014, Kevin Haggerty of Dunmore was pitted against fellow Democrat and State Representative Frank Farina when the state combined their two districts into one. An area businessman loaned Haggerty $5,000 for the campaign, but documents show that Haggerty did not report the loan for more than three years. His critics do not believe this was an […]

  • Sketch of Unknown Serial Bank Robber Released

    SCRANTON — The FBI released a sketch of a man who held up 12 banks in our area in the past year and a half. Police hope this sketch brings out witnesses who can identify the robber. FBI agents confirm that the robber who held up the NBT Bank branch in Archbald last week is the serial robber who has been avoiding authorities since December of 2015. The FBI believes last week’s holdup is the second time the robber hit […]

  • Former Pittston Mayor, Friend of Wounded Congressman, Shocked by Shooting

    PITTSTON — The congressman from Louisiana shot Wednesday morning near Washington D.C. has ties to our region. U.S. Representative Steve Scalise is a close ally of a mayor from Luzerne County. Former Pittston Mayor Michael Lombardo grew up in New Orleans. He’s been friends with Congressman Steve Scalise of Louisiana since they were in elementary school. Lombardo says he wasn’t prepared for the news he heard early Wednesday. “‘My wife called me and said, ‘You have to come downstairs.”’ Michael […]

  • Congressman Barletta Talks about D.C. Shooting

    WASHINGTON D.C. — For the past six years, U.S. Representative Lou Barletta was a member of the Republican congressional baseball team. He decided last month not to play this year. Newswatch 16 spoke with the congressman by phone Wednesday morning. Congressman Barletta was jolted by the shooting in Washington D.C. and wondered what would have happened if he decided to play another year. The congressman, who was a star baseball player at Hazleton Area High School and Bloomsburg University, loved […]

  • State No Longer Pursuing Some People for Unpaid Taxes

    HARRISBURG — Newswatch 16 has an update following an investigation into how the state is trying to recoup long overdue taxes. Newswatch 16’s Dave Bohman profiled several people in our area who say they don’t owe taxes as the state claims. The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue now apparently agrees. On Tuesday, state officials told Carroll Winans from Mahanoy City and Lorraine Costabile from Hazleton they do not owe back taxes. Both received several letters from the state warning them if […]

  • Change Proposed for Election of Lieutenant Governor

    HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania is one of a handful of states where candidates for governor do not get to choose their running mates for lieutenant governor, but that could soon change. Right now, primary voters in Pennsylvania choose among a slate of candidates who run for lieutenant governor, and the winner in each party automatically becomes the running mate. The bill’s sponsor, Senator David Argall who represents Schuylkill County, says the candidate for governor and not primary voters should make the […]

  • More State Tax Collection Complaints

    HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has been offering tax amnesty to people who have failed to pay their taxes in recent years. Newswatch 16 told you about a 93-year-old woman from Schuylkill County who said tax collection efforts against her were heavy handed. The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has dropped its case against her. But since our report last week, more people have come forward claiming the state is pressuring them to pay taxes they do not owe. A […]

  • State to 93 Year Old: ‘Where’s your 1987 tax return?’

    SAINT CLAIR — The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has been offering tax amnesty to people who have failed to pay their taxes in recent years, but one woman in Schuylkill County says she received a tax amnesty offer in the mail from the state and got scared. Martha Katchur, age 93, cannot believe the state would track her down after all these years. The Department of Revenue says it has no record of her business filing a corporate return 30 […]

  • PFA Against Rep. Haggerty Withdrawn

    DUNMORE — A state representative from Lackawanna County is no longer facing a protection from abuse order. Kevin Haggerty’s wife withdrew the protection from abuse order filed against him last month. Instead, the couple has entered a civil agreement which replaces the PFA, but with similar terms. Like the PFA, Haggerty is still barred from his home in Dunmore and from contacting his wife, who now has full custody of their children. Haggerty must contact his wife through email or […]