Florida grandmother arrested in Turks and Caicos over ammo in bag fined $1,500 and given suspended sentence
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The fifth American who was arrested in the Turks and Caicos Islands in recent months for having ammunition in her bag was fined $1,500 and given a suspended sentence of 23 weeks Thursday, a spokesperson confirmed to CBS News. Sharitta Grier, a grandmother from Florida, went to the British territory on a surprise Mother's Day vacation that ended with her in custody when authorities found two bullets in her carry-on bag as she was trying to go home.
Grier is expected to leave the islands Thursday afternoon. After her mid-May arrest, she told CBS News she had to spend a few nights in jail.
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