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American tourist facing possible 12-year prison sentence after ammo found in luggage in Turks and Caicos
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/turks-and-caicos-ammo-prison-sentence-american-tourists/
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Valerie Watson returned to Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport in tears on Tuesday morning in a drastic departure from how she imagined her long weekend trip to Turks and Caicos would end.
Valerie Watson, who learned Sunday she would not be charged and would be allowed to return home, said the trip “went from what was supposed to be a dream vacation to a nightmare.”
Last year, a judge found Michael Grim from Indiana had “exceptional circumstances” when he pleaded guilty to accidentally having ammunition in his checked bag.
The U.S. embassy last September posted a travel alert online, warning people to “check your luggage for stray ammunition,” noting it would “not be able to secure your release from custody.”
“I can’t even begin to think that this very innocent, regrettable mistake would prevent me from being able to watch my son graduate or teach him to shave or take my daughter to dances,” Ryan Watson said.
The Turks and Caicos government responded to CBS News in a lengthy statement confirming the law and reiterating that, even if extenuating circumstances are found to be present, the judge is required to mandate prison time.
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