>> WELL, A METRO COUPLE COMING HOME FROM A DREAM VACATION NOW CAUGHT IN A CARIBBEAN NIGHTMARE. RYAN AND VALERIE WATSON WERE ON A BIRTHDAY TRIP TO TURKS AND CAICOS WITH FRIENDS. AIRPORT SECURITY FOUND BULLETS IN THE COUPLE'S DUFFEL BAG WHEN THEY ARRIVED FOR THEIR FLIGHT TO RETURN U.S. FOUR'S. ADRIENNE, GOING BREAKS DOWN WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE COUPLE. THIS REALLY IS A NIGHTMARE. ADRIAN IS A NIGHTMARE FOR SURE. KEVIN, THEY WERE DETAINED FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS AFTER 11 DAYS. VALERIE'S CHARGES WERE DROPPED AND SHE FLEW BACK HOME TO HER KIDS TODAY. BUT RYAN >> REMAINS THEY'RE POTENTIALLY FACING 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOR WHAT THE FAMILY CALLS AN INNOCENT MISTAKE. >> MACINTYRE LAW CHOPPER FOR CAPTURING THE MOMENTS VALERIE WATSON'S PLANE TOUCHED DOWN AT WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT RETURNING HOME AFTER NEARLY 2 WEEKS DETAINED IN TURKS AND CAICOS. 2 CHILDREN LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS WAITING FOR HER EMOTIONAL AS SHE WALKED OUT OF THE TERMINAL.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. I WAS PREPARED HIM TO ALSO BE ARRESTED YESTERDAY. AND JUST TO GET TO HOLD MY BABIES WITH SOMETHING THAT I CONFRONTING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME. >> VALERY WAS RELEASED FROM CUSTODY IN TURKS AND CAICOS FACING CHARGES AFTER SECURITY FOUND AMMUNITION IN THE COUPLE'S LUGGAGE. HER CHARGES WERE DROPPED, BUT HER HUSBAND, RYAN REMAINS THERE DETAINED UNTIL HIS HEARING. I HAD. >> NO IDEA THAT THEY WERE IN THEIR RYAN SAYS THE 4 BULLETS WERE LEFT BEHIND AFTER A PREVIOUS HUNTING TRIP. >> THE COUPLE WAS QUESTIONED AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT THAT TIME HAD REFERENCED A AND TOLD ME THAT I WAS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT 12 YEARS IN PRISON. >> THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS RECENTLY PASSED TOUGHER PENALTIES FOR POSSESSION OF WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION. RAISING THE MANDATORY PRISON SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS. >> THE FAMILY FACING FEARS OVER RYAN'S FATE AND A FINANCIAL BURDEN. THE LONGER HE'S KEPT ON THE ISLAND AND AWAY FROM HIS JOB.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE MADE. >> NEVER RECOVER OUR LIFE. >> DIFFERENT. AND OUR GOAL IS TO GET RYAN HOME BECAUSE WE CAN'T THE FAMILY ABOUT DAD. >> I'VE LEARNED FROM FAMILY RYAN WAS EXPECTED TO HAVE HIS HEARING TODAY, BUT THAT'S SINCE BEEN PUSHED BACK TO TOMORROW AND SOME CASES IT COULD TAKE UP TO 4 MONTHS FOR TOURISTS CHARGED WIT.