LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Spring Arbor couple Paul and Christy Akeo, who spent virtually a month behind bars in a maximum-security jail in Mexico, are on their means again dwelling to Michigan. Their flight is predicted to the touch down in Lansing later tonight.
Their return stateside comes after a Thursday courtroom listening to, wherein the courtroom dominated that the Akeos have been to be launched from custody.
The Akeos. (Lindsey Hull)
The Akeos. (Lindsey Hull)
The pair was initially arrested on March 4 at an airport in Cancún on fraud allegations. They have been accused of defrauding resort chain Palace Elite out of greater than $116,000 by breaching a timeshare contract and illegally cancelling membership fees to an American Categorical bank card.
6 Information spoke with Michael Lemke, the Akeos’ son, who stated his mother and father may have been held for as much as six months, as a decide beforehand gave the corporate that a lot time to assemble proof.
The Akeos’ launch comes a day after U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett, who represents the district the couple are from in Congress, visited the couple in jail. Barrett instructed 6 Information he additionally spoke with the president of the Quintana Roo Supreme Courtroom to work on getting the couple launched.
Barrett visits the Akeos.
Barrett visits the Akeos.
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