A judge sentenced Bryan Hagerich to a suspended 52-week sentence with a fine of $6,700. Upon paying his fine, he was given his passport and returned to the United States without serving the sentence.
The Pennsylvania father of two was arrested in February. Bryan Hagerich faced a potential sentence of 12 years in prison for possessing ammunitoin in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
"The weight of the world has been lifted off my shoulders," Bryan Hagerich said to reporters at Pittsburgh International Airport this evening after reuniting with family. Hagerich had faced a possible 12-year sentence, the country's minimum for possessing guns or ammunition, under a strict law in place aimed at addressing rising crime and gang violence. However, the judge found exceptional circumstances and that the mandatory minimum of 12 years was unjust and disproportionate to the crime committed.
"I'm a man of integrity, character," he told ABC News in an interview alongside his wife Ashley earlier this month. "I did not have intent in this."
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