MEMBER.
>> THIS IS WHERE THEY REVEAL
THEIR PLANS.
HE HAS NEVER KNOWN FREEDOM,
BUT NOW IT IS IN HIS REACH.
>> HE COULD EXIT THE PRISON
SIS STOMP BY THIS TIME NEXT
MONTH.
HIS FAMILY LET OUT EMOTIONS
THEY WERE HOLDING ON TO FOR
THREE DECADES.
THIS MORNIN THE VOTE BY THE
PAROLE BOARD WAS UNANIMOUS IN
FAVOR OF GRANTING WERSHE HIS
RELEASE.
THAT COULD HAPPEN BY
MID-AUGUST.
IT DOESN'T MEAN HE WILL BE
GOING HOME AS THERE IS STILL A
MATTER OF A FIVE-YEAR SENTENCE
IN FLORIDA.
>> WE ARE JOINED BY KEVIN WHO
SPOKE WITH WERSHE BY PHONE
TODAY A CONVERSATION THAT WAS
>> Reporter: WHEN HE HEARD THE
NEWS HE CRIED.
WHEN I TALKED TO HIM HE WAS
HAPPY AND HE WAS RELIEVED AND
GRATEFUL.
THEN I SURPRISED HIM AND AT
THAT MOMENT YOU COULD REALLY
TELL HOW BIG A DEAL THIS
REALLY WAS
RICK WERSHE WAS SHARING HIS
JOY AN COMMITMENT SHOWING
WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE
RELIEVED OF HIS SENTENCE.
>> I NEED TO MAKE A GOOD LIFE
AND HELP MY FAMILY, BUT
WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP
OTHERS, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA
DO WITH MY LIFE.
>> Reporter: I SUDDENLY
SURPRISED WERSHE BY BRINGING
HIS FAVORITE RELATIVE INTO THE
ROOM, HIS NIECE, GABBY.
>> RICK, I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR
YO.
IT IS GABBY.
>> HEY, GAB.
>> WHAT'S UP?
>> I'M SO HAPPY.
>> ME TOO
SAY.
WE FINALLY MADE I
>> I LOVE YOU GABBY.
>> I LOVE YOU TOO.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU
>> Reporter: BOTH BROUGHT TO
TEARS BY THE REALITY OF
TODAY'S DECISION.
PRISON.
HE WILL BE REUNITED WITH HIS
FAMILY.
>> IT'S OVER, HON.
>> I KNOW.
I KNOW.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU AND I WILL
GROW UP.
>> I KNOW.
I KNOW.
>> Reporter: AN UNEXPECTED
GLIMPSE INTO THEY NORMAL TEE
OF -- THE ENORMITY OF IT'S
OVER.
IT MAY NOT BE IMMEDIATELY, BUT
RICK WERSHE IS COMING HOME.
>> I LOVE YOU, AND I COULDN'T
BE MORE HAPPY AND EXCITED TO
FINALLY HAVE YOU HOME WITH
US.
>> I LOVE YOU TOO, GAB, AND I
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU, AND I
CAN'T WAIT TO HOLD THE BABY
AND GIVE HER A BIG KISS.
>> WE LOVE YOU, OKAY?
>> TELL EVERYBODY I SAID HI
AND I LOVE THE
TELL EVERYONE I'M COMING
HOME.
>> WE CAN'T WAIT.
>> Reporter: WERSHE SAYS HIS
FROE DOM WILL BE ALL ABOUT
FAMILY AND GETTING TO KNOW HIS
KIDS AND GRANDKIDS AND
RECONNECT WITH HIS MOM.
HIS FATHER AND GRANDPARENTS
DIED AND HE HAS ACCOUNT
TO THEM.
HE WANTS TO EAT AND FISH AND
EAT A GOOD MEAL FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN A LONGTIME.
HE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AWHILE
LONGER, BUT THE LIFE SENTENCE
HAS BEEN SERVED.
>> WHEN YOU SAY AWHILE LONGER
THERE IS A CHANCE HE MAY HAVE
TO GO DOWN TO FLORIDA FOR THIS
CAR THEFT THING AND SERVE TIME
DOWN THERE.
HOW LIKELY IS THAT TO HAPPEN?
FLORIDA.
REALLY ALL HE CAN DO IS ASK
AND THROW HIMSELF AT THE MERCY
OF THE COURT.
IT WILL BE ENTIRELY UP TO
FLORIDA IF HE SERVES THAT TIME
OR NOT.
BUT HIS ATTORNEY WILL GET
AFTER IT AND THEY WILL
PROBABLY FILE A MOTION NEXT
WEEK AND TRY TO GET AN ANSWER
RIGHT AWAY.
>> IF THAT'S THE CASE THEY
WILL COME UP HERE AND GET HIM
AND TAKE HIM DOWN TO FLORIDA.
>> EXACTLY.
>>> TONIGHT WE ARE HEARING
FROM RETIRED FBI AGENT GREG
SCHWARTZ WHO WORKED WITH
WERSHE WHILE WERS -- WERSHE
WAS IN PRISON TO BUST DIRTY
OFFICERS AND DRUG DEALERS
AFTER 29 YEARS OF BUYING
INCARCERATED AND DESERVED
DESERVED A SENTENCE OF FIVE TO
10 YEARS IS FINALLY FREE.
THE CASE OF RICHARD WERSHE,
JUNIOR SHOULD SERVE AS THE
SOLD STANDARD AS FEDERAL AND
STATE CORRUPTION.
>> THEY HAVE HAD A LONGTIME TO
FIGURE OUT HOW THEY WILL SPEND
TIME WITH RICK IF THEY EVER
AGAIN GOT THE CHANCE.
>> THERE REMAINS BIG PLANS.
NOW TO KAREN DREW WHO IS LIVE
WITH THAT PART OF THE STORY.
KAREN?
>> Reporter: I SPENT THE
MORNING WITH THE FAMILY AS THE
GNAWS CAME OUT THAT HIS -- AS
THE NEWS CAME OUT HIS PAROLE
WAS GRANTED.
EVERYBODY HAD AN IDEA WHAT TO
DO WITH THEM.
WHETHE IT WAS PLAYING BALL
AIR GOING T CEDAR-P OI NT.
>> I AM OVER.
>>ED
I AM OVERJOYED.
>> FROM THE ONES WHO GREW UP
WITH RIC
>> TO THE THE ONES IN THE
FAMILY WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW
THEIR UNCLE.
>> HE LOVED TO PLAY BASEBALL
AND I LOVED IT.
EXCITED TO GO TO THE BATTING
CAGES WITH HIM.
>> YOU WILL GET TO SEE YOUR
SON, MOM.
>> Reporter: EVERYONE IS
IMAGINING WHAT LIFE COULD BE
LIKE ONCE WERSHE IS RUEY
LEASED.
IS RELEASED.
>> JUST VISITING AND SPENDING
TIME TOGETHER IT HAS BEEN SO
LONG.
AND THEN HAVING HIM FIND
HIMSELF A JOB HE WANTS AND
JUST HAVING A NORMAL LIFE.
>> Reporter: THE FAMILY KNOWS
THERE IS ONE MORE HURDLE,
FLORIDA AND A POSSIBLE
SENTENCE TO SERVE.
THEY REMAIN HOPEFUL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> PALM ARE REALIZING THAT
MAYBE THEY MADE A MISTAKE.
>> Reporter: THIS FAMILY SAID
IT IS GOING TO BE A NEW LIFE
THEM.
WAITING.
THEY WTED TO BE HOME AT THE
TIME HE CALLED.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO FAR.
AND NOW THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT
LEAVING THEIR REALM AND LIVING
LIFE BEYOND THEIR BUBBLE AND
LIVING IT WITH HIM.
BACK TO YOU.
>> KAREN APPRECIATE IT.
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