At age 14, Byron Allen was already doing stand-up, and one night at the Comedy Store, Wayne Kline, a writer on TV’s Good Times, happened to see his act. "He said, 'Can I get your phone number? I know somebody that might be interested in working with you,''' Allen recalls. Two weeks later, he was sitting in star Jimmie Walker's apartment alongside Jay Leno and David Letterman, writing material for the show. He got $25, the first money he made writing jokes, which paid a lot better than working as a paper boy. "I had to throw two papers to...
- 12/20/2017
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The father of the Pennsylvania fisherman accused of fatally shooting his wife in June and telling authorities she fell overboard on Lake Erie allegedly admitted helping his son hide the murder weapon, police tell People.
On June 11, Christopher Leclair, 48, of Albion, Pennsylvania, made a distress call to the U.S. Coast Guard, saying this his wife, Karen Leclair, 51, had fallen overboard.
But two days later, he was arrested and charged with criminal homicide.
During police questioning, he admitted to having an affair with another woman for the past six to eight months, according to the affidavit of probable cause obtained by People.
On June 11, Christopher Leclair, 48, of Albion, Pennsylvania, made a distress call to the U.S. Coast Guard, saying this his wife, Karen Leclair, 51, had fallen overboard.
But two days later, he was arrested and charged with criminal homicide.
During police questioning, he admitted to having an affair with another woman for the past six to eight months, according to the affidavit of probable cause obtained by People.
- 7/11/2017
- by KC Baker
- PEOPLE.com
On June 11, Christopher Leclair made a distress call to the Coast Guard to report that his wife had fallen off their commercial fishing boat into the choppy waters of Lake Erie about three miles off the coast of Pennsylvania.
But authorities suspect that isn’t the real version of events, and Leclair is now behind bars after being charged with criminal homicide on June 13 for allegedly killing Karen Leclair, 51, his wife of more than two decades.
Here are five things to know about the case.
1. Victim’s Body Was Bound and She’d Been Shot in the Head
Three weeks after Karen was reported missing,...
But authorities suspect that isn’t the real version of events, and Leclair is now behind bars after being charged with criminal homicide on June 13 for allegedly killing Karen Leclair, 51, his wife of more than two decades.
Here are five things to know about the case.
1. Victim’s Body Was Bound and She’d Been Shot in the Head
Three weeks after Karen was reported missing,...
- 7/10/2017
- by KC Baker
- PEOPLE.com
A body found floating on the Lake Erie shoreline has been identified as the missing wife of a fisherman who has been charged with her murder, with police revealing that her body was tied to an anchor with a gunshot wound to the head, People confirms.
On June 11, Christopher Leclair, of Albion, New York, 48, reported his 51-year-old wife Karen Leclair missing, saying she’d fallen overboard while the couple was on his commercial fishing boat on Lake Erie, according to Pennsylvania State Police. He had already been charged with her murder.
On Tuesday, a fisherman found her body floating in...
On June 11, Christopher Leclair, of Albion, New York, 48, reported his 51-year-old wife Karen Leclair missing, saying she’d fallen overboard while the couple was on his commercial fishing boat on Lake Erie, according to Pennsylvania State Police. He had already been charged with her murder.
On Tuesday, a fisherman found her body floating in...
- 7/7/2017
- by KC Baker
- PEOPLE.com
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