This American was fined $500 per bullet

 

This American was fined $500 per bullet he accidentally took on Turks and Caicos vacation

Ryan Tyler Watson received a suspended 13-week sentence and was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine. He was cleared to go home Friday. 

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One of several Americans recently charged with having ammunition in Turks and Caicos is expected to go home after a court issued a suspended sentence and fined him $2,000.

Ryan Tyler Watson of Oklahoma pleaded guilty last month to possessing four rounds of ammunition, a spokesperson for the government of Turks and Caicos said. He had been released on bail and ordered to stay on the islands while awaiting this sentence.

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On Friday, Watson received a 13-week suspended sentence and a $2,000 fine – $500 per bullet, a spokesperson for the Turks and Caicos Islands Supreme Court told CNN on Friday.

Watson will not need to serve the 13-week sentence “as long as he doesn’t commit any crimes and keeps the peace in the TCI within 9 months,” the court spokesperson said. Watson “is now allowed to leave … as he’s now cleared with the justice in the TCI.”

Watson is expected to return to Oklahoma City by Friday night, according to Jonathan Franks, a spokesperson for Bring Our Families Home.

“We will make payment shortly, depart TCI and anticipate being home in OKC tonight,” Franks posted on X from the courthouse.