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Another Alaska homecoming: Levi's mom released from jail

Zaz Hollander - Anchorage Daily News

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December 23, 2009 08:22 PM

WASILLA, Alaska — Sherry Johnston is back in her home after a judge agreed to let her serve a three-year jail sentence with an ankle monitoring device, according to her attorney.

Johnston is the mother of Levi Johnston, the father of former Gov. Sarah Palin's grandson, Tripp.

She was sentenced last month to three years in jail and three years probation for dealing the prescription painkiller OxyContin. She had been jailed at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center in Eagle River since August.

Johnston returned to her home off Wasilla-Fishhook Road on Monday, according to her attorney, Rex Butler.

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At Hiland, Johnston fielded requests from other inmates for Levi's autograph and "posters of his Playgirl shoot," Butler said. "People were jealous of what her son is doing. Some people said, 'Oh, you shouldn't let him do something like Playgirl.' "

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