American arrested in Turks and Caicos over ammo found in bag gets suspended sentence of 52 weeks*
American arrested in Turks and Caicos over ammo found in bag gets suspended sentence of 52 weeks*
Bryan Hagerich was one of several Americans facing a potential mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years in prison in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Smuggling weapons into other countries is a great way to ruin your own vacation.
But do it in a tropical island and congresspeople will be tripping over each other to take a 'fact-finding' trip down there to help you out.
This is the dumbest take. Most crimes require an element of intent. Using the same bag you use to take shooting or hunting is not intent to smuggle weapons. The quantities of the items found demonstrate no ill intent.
Just because you personally disagree with the 100 million gun owners doesn’t make this a moderate take. Imprisoning people for years because of a loose round in luggage is moronic politically and a waste of tax money.
Sounds like a lovely place to visit. Unarmed, naturally.
The article has been updated. It wasn't 52 months, it was 52 weeks. The person quoted misspoke.
Thank you. I'll correct the title.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
An American tourist who was arrested in the Turks and Caicos Islands earlier this year for possessing ammunition was given a suspended sentence of 52 months on Friday and was expected to be released, a spokesperson posted to social media.
Bryan Hagerich of Pennsylvania was one of several Americans facing a potential mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years in prison on ammunition charges in the British territory.
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The original article contains 77 words, the summary contains 76 words. Saved 1%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
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The article is ~730 words not including heads, not 77 like the bot claims.
It's been updated since the bot saw it.
I just wanted to know what the one removed word was.