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

  • Homeowners Suing Municipalities over Crumbling Roads

    LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — Bad roads are behind a lawsuit in Luzerne County. A Newswatch 16 investigation looked into the rough roads in the Quail Hill development near Pittston back in March. The developer died in 2012 and did not have enough money in his estate to properly fix the crumbling roads. About 25 homeowners are suing Avoca, Dupont and Pittston Township. The development spans all three locations. Homeowners say they don’t want money. They just want the roads fixed.

  • Wallace Resigns as Lackawanna County Chief of Staff

    SCRANTON, Pa. — After three days of paid administrative leave, Andy Wallace wrote he was stepping down for “family and on-going medical reasons.” On Monday afternoon, Archbald police posted surveillance photos online of Wallace asking for information about what has only been labeled as an incident. The images were taken by cameras outside P&R Discount Grocers in Eynon. Archbald police have not released the incident report but passed on the information to the Lackawanna County District Attorney’s office. The D.A.’s office […]

  • Lackawanna County Chief of Staff Under Investigation

    SCRANTON, Pa. — Andy Wallace, the chief of staff for the Lackawanna County commissioners, is not at work on Wednesday. County officials placed Wallace on administrative leave one day after we learned Wallace is the target of a criminal investigation in Archbald. Under the terms of his administrative leave, Wallace continues to get paid but he is not allowed here in the county administration building. Wallace has been locked out of the county computer system and his county-owned laptop now […]

  • Lackawanna County Commissioners’ Chief of Staff to Resign Amidst Police Investigation

    SCRANTON, Pa. — A top Lackawanna County official is reportedly preparing to resign in the midst of a criminal investigation. Newswatch 16 has confirmed from several sources that Andy Wallace, the Lackawanna County commissioners’ chief of staff, will be stepping down Wednesday. This follows a post on Archbald police’s Facebook page on Monday where the department posted pictures saying officers wanted to speak with him about an incident at a local store. The pictures appear to look like Wallace, but […]

  • 16 Investigates: Did a Borough Manager in Luzerne County Falsely Claim She Was a Certified Public Accountant?

      WYOMING, Pa. — State Police Investigators raided Tamra Smith`s accounting office in Wyoming in late January The search warrant says officers were looking for instances of theft by deception and forgery when smith did the accounting for the borough’s library and volunteer fire department. On the day of the raid sign on the front door of Smith’s business listed her as a CPA, a certified public accountant. “It’s quite a hurdle to get that certification,” said Rob Saunders. Rob […]

  • Death Investigation Underway after Fight in Scranton Alley

    SCRANTON, Pa. — Detectives in Scranton are looking for the owners of two vehicles in an incident that led to a fight and may have led to a death. Scranton police released photos of a car and an SUV captured on surveillance video early Sunday morning. The video was taken by a camera overlooking the 100 block of Kressler Court near Jefferson Avenue in downtown Scranton. The white vehicle is missing front hubcaps. The silver SUV is believed to be […]

  • Nurses Picket Wilkes-Barre Hospital

    WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Nurses walked off the job Thursday at a hospital in Wilkes-Barre. Nurses say they walked out because of working conditions they call unfair to them and to their patients. But this strike is also about wages, and the pay hike the nurses are trying to get. They marched at the corner of North River and West Maple Streets in Wilkes-Barre. About 50 nurses hit the picket line for what they said is a one-day strike, primarily to […]

  • Missing Persons Event Gives Hope to Families

    WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — People with missing loved ones drew attention to their cause Thursday afternoon in Wilkes-Barre. At the region’s Missing Persons Day event, relatives of the missing paired up with police and prosecutors who have not given up looking for them. No one expects the friends and relatives they see every day to suddenly disappear from their lives. But it happened to many of those at the Missing Persons Day event at Wilkes University, including a woman now living […]

  • Elderly Residents Sweating it out in Apartments with No Air Conditioning

    OLYPHANT, Pa. — Senior citizens in an apartment building in Lackawanna County have lived without air conditioning for several days. They claim the building’s owners put their health at risk and have been too slow to fix it. On this day in downtown Olyphant in the late afternoon, temperatures were in the low 90s. Two blocks away, seniors living at the Lackawanna Heritage Apartments sit outdoors; it is even hotter inside. Sarah Moore, 72, says the air conditioning has been […]

  • Bringing History to Life in Sugar Notch

    SUGAR NOTCH, Pa. — John Ginley, 90 of Sugar Notch, served in the Army stateside during World War II. On Memorial Day, he thinks of those he grew up with who went to war and never returned to the community known as ‘The Notch.’ “I knew a lot of these guys that got killed. I feel bad about it,” said Ginley. This Memorial Day, Sugar Notch looked back 70 years to when the community was in the national spotlight. In […]

  • Reflections on a Life Well-Lived

    NANTICOKE, Pa. — Doris Merrill of Nanticoke spent much of World War II at the Christian Admiral Hotel in Cape May, New Jersey. The beachfront resort also housed a Naval Intelligence Unit that tried to crack enemy codes. Merrill was the only woman in a group of older officers, all of whom were men. “I learned so much from those men,” said Merrill. “Oh, they weren’t happy at the idea of a woman coming in to work with them but […]

  • Finding Private Bolles: Unclaimed Purple Heart

    HARRISBURG, Pa. — In the basement of the Pennsylvania State Treasury in Harrisburg, one of the nation’s largest safes holds a treasure of unclaimed property. There are millions of dollars worth of jewelry, rare coins and bills and other collectibles but items in the glass case are priceless. “Behind every one of these medals is a story of patriotism and service and sacrifice,” said Joe Torsella, Pennsylvania State Treasurer. You can find bronze stars and war campaign medals that came […]