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Ben Garvin, the award-winning Twin Cities photographer, said he was fired from KARE after a company car was stolen off the street in front of his house.
Garvin, who was previously named journalist of the year by the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists and photographer of the year by the Minnesota Press Photographers Association, shared the news Tuesday on Facebook. He confirmed the dismissal in a separate e-mail to the Star Tribune.
In his posting, Garvin wrote that he had been keeping a KARE vehicle at his residence in south Minneapolis while he worked from home during the pandemic. Sometime before Christmas, the car was stolen. There was no camera gear inside, but some lights and tripods were in the trunk. Garvin admits he left the car unlocked and likely tossed the keys in the trunk.