Marti Wright
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Marti Wright was a news anchorwoman for WPTA-TV, the ABC
television
affiliate in Fort Wayne, Indiana
, USA, from 1981 to 2000.
On March 30, 2000, was arrested near her home in Auburn, Indiana on a DWI.
Marti joined WPTA-TV on September 14, 1981 as a general assignment reporter and added weekend anchor until 1987 when she was promoted to weeknight anchor with Keith Edwards
.
She was also WPTA's Medical Reporter, Good News Reporter and 6pm anchor.
Wright, a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, graduated from IPFW.
On August 28, 2009, Wright was a witness to a shooting death. Clay A. Hausenfleck shot Louis M. Mason, an intruder in his home in Sylvania, Ohio. Hausenfleck was later arrested for cultivating marijuana, trafficking marijuana and possession of drugs after 200 marijuana plants were found in his basement during the course of the death investigation. Police reports put Wright inside the home at the time of the shooting, but they did not obtain a statement from her.
American Broadcasting Company
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affiliate in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...
, USA, from 1981 to 2000.
On March 30, 2000, was arrested near her home in Auburn, Indiana on a DWI.
Marti joined WPTA-TV on September 14, 1981 as a general assignment reporter and added weekend anchor until 1987 when she was promoted to weeknight anchor with Keith Edwards
Keith Edwards (news anchor)
Keith Edwards is a retired television journalist who spent most of his career anchoring the evening newscasts on WPTA-TV, the ABC television affiliate in Fort Wayne, Indiana.-Career:...
.
She was also WPTA's Medical Reporter, Good News Reporter and 6pm anchor.
Wright, a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, graduated from IPFW.
On August 28, 2009, Wright was a witness to a shooting death. Clay A. Hausenfleck shot Louis M. Mason, an intruder in his home in Sylvania, Ohio. Hausenfleck was later arrested for cultivating marijuana, trafficking marijuana and possession of drugs after 200 marijuana plants were found in his basement during the course of the death investigation. Police reports put Wright inside the home at the time of the shooting, but they did not obtain a statement from her.