A North Fort Myers High graduate who spent the last three weeks in an Iraqi prison, returned to the United States and was immediately arrested Wednesday night in Boston on an outstanding Lee County warrant.

Patrick Ryan Kasprik, 25, was arrested in Lee County on Sept. 1, 2015, accused of battery of an officer and resisting arrest. A Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers release said he spit in an officer's face.

Kasprik skipped his Feb. 4 court appearance for that charge, prompting the warrant for failure to appear. By February, he was in Syria, where he joined the People’s Protection Units, also known as YPG International, which is defending northern Syria from ISIS. Kasprik, who has no formal medical training, served as a combat medic. He was detained in Iraq after leaving the Rojava region in Northern Syria on Nov. 29.

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“So now he is waiting for extradition back to Florida,” said Ronald Williams, a North Fort Myers resident who raised Kasprik. “The (customs) agent called last night and explained everything. With everything he has gone through, he is doing well.”

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office declined to comment for security reasons.

Kasprik does not have a lawyer. Williams said Kasprik left him a text message prior to leaving Iraq, but he has not heard from him since his arrival in Boston.

“Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. was the last text we got from Patrick,” Williams said. “He said, quote, ‘I will be home soon. And whatever happens at home happens. I know who I am, and what I accomplished was right.’”

Kasprik’s itinerary took him from Ebril, Iraq, to Istanbul, Turkey, to Boston.

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“We’re definitely relieved,” Williams said. “We didn’t know what was going on or where he was. Then we were worried he would be arrested in Turkey, too. But we are relieved. He is in the United States. We’ll go one day at a time.”

Williams said he hoped to bail out his son from the Lee County Jail when he arrives and get him home before Sunday.

“Our goal is to get him home for Christmas,” Williams said.

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