Tuesday, October 21, 2014
LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — The family attorney for southwest Ohio resident Jeffrey Fowle says there is great excitement over news that he has been released from North Korea.
Lebanon attorney Timothy Tepe says his office hasn’t received official confirmation yet, but Tepe says in a statement that: “We are overwhelmed with excitement.”
The State Department said today that the 56-year-old Miamisburg resident had been released, nearly six months after he was taken into custody after leaving a Bible at a nightclub. He had been awaiting trial.
Two other Americans who have been convicted of crimes in North Korea are still being held.
The suburban Ohio city where Fowle worked as a streets department employee terminated his employment last month.