American in Turks and Caicos ammo case gets suspended sentence

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SOUTH KOREA IS CONSIDERING THEIR LONG-STANDING BAN AND SUPPLYING ARMS TO DIRECTLY TO UKRAINE IN RESPONSE TO THIS PACK . >>> AN AMERICAN WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO HAVING AMMUNITION IN HIS LUGGAGE AND TURKS AND CAICOS GOT A SUSPENDED SENTENCE OF 13 WEEKS TODAY. HE WILL ALSO HAVE TO PLAY PAY A $2000 FINE. THEY REVISE THEIR FIREARMS LAW TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT A JUDGE CAN IMPOSE A FINE, CUSTODIAL SENTENCE OR BOTH IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AS SENTENCING. WATSON PLANS ON REUNITING WITH HIS TWO KIDS AT THE OKLAHOMA CITY AIRPORT TONIGHT. THE FIRST SPOKE WITH CBS NEWS 24/7 ABOUT HIS CASE IN APRIL. >> I AM STILL HOLDING ONTO A PRAYER THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO THE FACT THAT WE HAD ZERO INTENT TO BREAK ANY LAW. THIS WAS JUST AN OVERSIGHT AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT I AM DEEPLY, DEEPLY SORRY FOR. >> WE BRING IN OUR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT FROM NAPLES, FLORIDA. I REMEMBER THAT INTERVIEW SO WELL. HE SEEMED SO APOLOGETIC AND THAT IT WAS SUCH A MISTAKE. THIS MUST BE A SIGH OF RELIEF. >> DEFINITELY. NOT ONLY NO JAIL TIME BUT THE SMALLEST OF THE FINES THAT WE HAVE SEEN COME FROM THE ISLAND NATION, $2000. OTHERS HAVE RECEIVED FINES OF $6700 AND $9000. THEY HAVE PAID THEM AND GOTTEN OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, ALL OF THEM WITH NO JAIL TIME. YOU MENTION A CHANGE IN THE LAW IN TURKS AND CAICOS THAT CAME AS A RESPONSE TO THESE CASES, WHERE THEY GIVE THE JUDGES MORE DISCRETION. THE JUDGES WERE USING THAT DISCRETION IN THOSE OTHER CASES. YOU HAVE ONE MORE WOMAN THERE FROM THE ORLANDO AREA WHO WAS ON A SURPRISE MOTHER'S DAY TRIP AND ENDED UP WITH TWO BULLETS THAT WERE ON A CARRY-ON, SAME THING, SHE SAID IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, I'M SO SORRY, BUT SHE HAS TO AWAIT SENTENCING. IT HAS BEEN AN ORDEAL OF WAITING TO FIND OUT IF THEY ARE GOING TO IMPOSE A MANDATORY 12 YEAR SENTENCE ON US, OR WAITING FOR THE SENTENCING AND NOT BEING ABLE TO LEAVE AND GET HOME TO LOVED ONES. >> YOU DID MENTION, WE HAVE A CASE OF ESSENTIALLY FIVE AMERICANS WHO WERE ARRESTED FOR HAVING AMMUNITION IN THEIR LUGGAGE IN TURKS AND CAICOS. WALK US THROUGH WHO WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM. >> Reporter: WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR ABOUT SHERITA'S CASE. I DO NOT KNOW IF A SENTENCING DATE HAS BEEN SET. THERE IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE THE DETAILS ARE MURKY, WE DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THAT PERSON KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. YES, TOTAL OF FIVE AMERICANS, TOURIST ON THE ISLANDS. ALL OF THEM SAY AMMUNITION WAS LEFT BEHIND IN A BAG FROM A HUNTING TRIP, LIKE IS THE CASE WITH RYAN WATSON, AND THEY FORGOT IT WAS THERE. AS THEY WERE LEAVING THE ISLANDS IT WAS SPOTTED. IT IS HIGHLY ILLEGAL IN THE ISLANDS, GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE CASES, TO HAVE ANY AMMUNITION OR FIREARMS. OFFICIALS HAVE TO FIND THE BALANCE OF BEING ALLOWED TO ENFORCE THE LAWS, BUT ALSO NOT TRYING TO FRIGHTEN AWAY OTHER TOURIST THING, I LEFT A BULLET SOMEWHERE THAT I FORGOT ABOUT, I DO NOT WANT TO FACE A 12 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE. >> IMAGINE HOW EXCITED THEY WILL BE AT THE OKLAHOMA CITY
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Channel: CBS News
Views: 9,349
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Keywords: Ryan Watson, Turks and caicos, ammunition, sentence, 13 months, fines, arrested, arrests, Americans, Gun Laws, Turks and Caicos, CBS News, Crime, World
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Length: 3min 7sec (187 seconds)
Published: Fri Jun 21 2024
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