VALERIE WATSON AND HER HUSBAND, RYAN WENT TO TURKS AND CAICOS TO CELEBRATE A 40TH BIRTHDAY. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HOME ON FRIDAY, APRIL 12TH, BUT AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD BY NOW, FOUR BULLETS KEPT THAT FROM HAPPENING. EVERYTHING WAS IN THAT BAG. UM, FROM THE MOMENT THAT WE LEFT OUR HOUSE AND IT WENT THROUGH SECURITY THROUGH OKC, UM, IT NEVER GOT FLAGGED THROUGH TSA. THE EXCITEMENT COMING HOME TO SEE THEIR KIDS AFTER A VACATION IN TURKS AND CAICOS QUICKLY TURNED TO CHAOS WHEN SECURITY FLAGGED RYAN AND VALERIE WATSON'S CARRY ON BAG, THEY PULL OUT A LITTLE TINY, LITTLE TINY ZIPLOC BAG AND IT HAD SOMETHING GOLD IN IT. I COULDN'T TELL WHAT IT WAS, AND I LOOKED AT RYAN AND I ASKED, I SAID, WHAT ARE THOSE? AND HE WAS LIKE, I THINK THOSE ARE MY HUNTING LIKE DEER HUNTING BULLETS. WATSON SAYS THEY HAD NO IDEA THE BULLETS WERE THERE AND THEY WERE FROM A PREVIOUS HUNTING TRTRIP. IT'S A SERIOUS CRIME THERE. THE COUPLE WAS WAS DETAINED SINCE THEN, TWO DIFFERENT LOCALS, ONE WHO THEY MET ON THEIR TRIP, HAVE PUT UP PROPERTY AS SURETY BONDS SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO STAY BEHIND BARS. THE FACT THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST SO WILLING TO HELP US IN THIS SITUATION IS SO HUMBLING, BECAUSE WE THEY'RE COMPLETE STRANGERS TO US AND THEY'RE TAKING A HUGE RISK. I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT BAD PEOPLE. UM, THIS WAS TRULY AN HONEST MISTAKE. UM, RYAN IS REALLY A R RESPONSIE GUN OWNER. HE REALLY IS. UM, WE HAVE A SAFE. EVERYTHING'S ALWAYS LOCKED UP. IT TRULY WAS AN OVERSIGHT. NOW, WHILE HE'S OUT ON BAIL, SHE SAYS HIS FUTURE IS UNCLEAR. AND HE COULD FACE 12 YEARS IN JAIL. IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT FOUR HUNTING GROUNDS CAN LAND RYAN IN PRISON FOR 12 YEARS. I CAN'T EVEN FATHOM THAT. THAT IS OUR REALITY. BUT THAT'S OUR REALITY AT THIS MOMENT. NOW, WILL ROGERS DIDN'T HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS INCIDENT. TSA DIDN'T RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT ABOUT HOW THAT AMMO WAS MISSED. NOW, RYAN'S NEXT COURT DATE IS IN TURKS AND CAICOS ON JUNE 7TH. COMING UP TONIGHT AT TEN. WE HAVE MORE FROM THAT EMOTIONAL INTERVIEW ABOUT HOW HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE NOW HAVE STEPPED UP TO HELP THIS LOCAL
