Virginia Man Returns Home After Arrest in Turks and Caicos Islands for Ammo Possession

Published on May 31, 2024

The second of five U.S. citizens arrested for bringing ammunition into the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) returned to the United States on Thursday after spending more than two weeks in jail. Tyler Wenrich, 31, of Virginia, was arrested in April after TCI authorities found two stray rounds of ammunition in his backpack while he was on a cruise ship. He pleaded guilty to the charge. A TCI court sentenced him to time served on Tuesday and ordered him to pay a $9,000 fine. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, announced on X that Mr. Wenrich “will soon be returning to his loving family in Virginia.”...

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