SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Quante Wright, a former Syracuse gang member whose attempts to go straight drew national attention, will become a free man again today thanks to a federal judge.

District Judge Norman Mordue ordered Wright released later today from the Justice Center jail, where he'd been held on a probation violation since Thursday night.

Wright must wear an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet so that federal probation officers can keep tabs on his whereabouts, Mordue ruled.

After serving six years in prison, Wright went to Bryant & Stratton, earned an associate's degree, and got a job selling cars for Lowery Brothers Chrysler Jeep. Syracuse.com / The Post-Standard published a story about Wright's successes on June 14. He was fired by the car dealership the next day.

Because Wright did not return directly to a halfway house where he was living, he was arrested three days later on a probation violation.

Check syracuse.com later today for more updates about Quante Wright.

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