Alycia Lane, an Emmy Award winning news television anchor arrested in mid-December for hitting a New York City police officer has been fired, it was announced Monday.

The incident in December 2007 that added to Alycia Lane’s reputation as a bit of a troublemaker has led to her dismissal from KYW-TV, the Philadelphia television station where she was employed announced Monday.

According to the Associated Press, Lane was due back on air Monday.

CBS 3 president and general manager Michael Colleran said in a statement: “After assessing the overall impact of a series of incidents resulting from judgments she has made, we have concluded that it would be impossible for Alycia to continue to report the news as she, herself, has become the focus of so many news stories.”

KYW is a CBS affiliate.

Reports of the December scuffle did not provide many details at the time. The television news anchor was reported to have struck a female police officer in Manhattan in the early hours of Sunday morning. The officer was taken to a hospital where she received treatment for a cut and was released.

The 35-year-old newscaster was apparently involved in a traffic dispute and used a sexual slur, as stated in a police complaint.

Lane was arraigned on a felony charge of assaulting a police officer and pleaded not guilty, her lawyer said at the time. She was released that same day and was scheduled to appear in court in April.

Lane’s lawyer said his client “denies striking anyone.” Lane denied allegations of using a sexual slur as well.

Lane, a native of Long Island who currently lives in Philadelphia, joined the station in 2003 and is reported to have earned some $700,000 or $800,000 a year.

Her pinnacle of tabloid exposure was reached in May 2007, when she e-mailed photos of herself in a bikini to NFL Network anchor Rich Eisen. The images were allegedly from a vacation with friends and were only meant as a joke between old friends. The e-mail account she sent them to also belonged to Eisen’s wife, who wrote back an acrimonious message to Lane.

One of Lane’s attorneys, Paul Rosen, has already accused KYW of violating her contract, terminating a collaboration that was supposed to last several more years.

“The termination is unfair because Alycia has never had an opportunity to defend against this charge, and tell her side of the story publicly,” Rosen said in a statement.

Colleran has said the station is “not prejudging the outcome of the criminal case against Alycia that is pending in New York.”

“We understand that Alycia expects to be fully vindicated in that proceeding. We hope that is the case and we wish her the best in all her future endeavors,” he said.