Skateboarder released from jail

Published Friday May 16th, 2008

FREDERICTON - Skateboarder and environmentalist Lee Breen's been sprung from the clink ... sort of.

Breen was released from the Saint John Regional Correctional Centre early yesterday afternoon.

He said jail officials told him to observe a period of house arrest until tomorrow morning.

The jail time and house arrest until tomorrow would represent two thirds of his five-day sentence. Inmates in the provincial jail system typically only serve two thirds of their time.

The time behind bars was worth it, he said, because his situation has raised so much awareness about skateboarding and environmentally friendly transportation.

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