Ryan Watson, Oklahoma dad detained for ammo in Turks and Caicos, is now back home with family [Video]

As Ryan Watson, an American tourist who had been charged with bringing ammunition to Turks and Caicos in April, boarded a plane after his release, he had only one thought on his mind.

“To know that I was on a plane headed home, that’s a prayer answered,” Watson said in an interview that aired Monday on “Good Morning America.”

A judge last week fined Watson $2,000 for four bullets discovered in his luggage as he landed in the country in April, with the judge citing “exceptional circumstances” to avoid a potential minimum sentence of 12 years in prison. Watson would face 13 weeks imprisonment if he commits a crime in Turks and Caicos in the next nine months, the court said.

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Watson, a father of two from Oklahoma, was arrested on April 12 while returning with his wife from …