NORWICH - An Oxford man who the county district attorney said chose drugs over freedom in January was released from local jail on Friday.

James I. Callan, of 265 Ryan Road, chose a plea that involved nine months of local incarceration instead of probation time in January for a reckless endangerment charge. At the time, District Attorney Joseph A. McBride said his decision to go behind bars was a way of avoiding the eye of probation, where he would be tested for marijuana use.