close Video Virginia man detained in Turks and Caicos over stray bullets speaks out ahead of sentencing Tyler Wenrich, a Virginia man detained in Turks and Caicos for stray bullets in his travel backpack, is speaking out as he faces a potential 12-year prison sentence. Tyler Wenrich, a Virginia father detained in Turks and Caicos for having stray bullets in his travel bag, said the possibility of being sentenced to 12 years in prison is "scary and daunting" as he faces his sentencing hearing in about a week. Five Americans have been arrested and detained since February for possessing ammunition on the islands under a new ordinance that requires both residents and tourists to face a minimum 12-year sentence for possessing ammunition.
At least three of those Americans have told Fox News Digital they did not realize they had ammunition in their bags in the first place. "It's scary and uncertain. I'm kind of in a lull right now because I don't have a [sentencing] date yet set.
It's just a roller coaster," Wenrich, who has a wife and 1-year-old son at home, told Fox News Digital. "And it'll get that way again when we have a sentencing date and, and have to go into the courtroom to kind of figure out what my fate is going to be." Wenrich, 31, and the other Americans who were arrested for ammunition possession on the islands must prove that they were arrested under extraordinary circumstances in order to get a lighter punishment.
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