An American charged with carrying ammunition in Turks and Caicos could be sentenced to at least 12 years in prison today

The first of several Americans recently charged with possession of ammunition in Turks and Caicos will soon learn his fate.Bryan

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 Hagerich, who pleaded guilty, is expected to be sentenced at 10 a.m. ET Friday, his attorney Oliver Smith told CNN. In the Turks and Caicos, possession of firearms or ammunition carries a minimum 12-year sentence, though the law allows judges to impose a reduced sentence under “exceptional circumstances,” the local governor said.

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Hagerich is one of five Americans arrested in recent months in the British Overseas Territory. Each is accused of bringing various amounts of ammunition to the 40-island chain in the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Bahamas.A US congressional delegation traveled to the islands earlier this week and asked for the release of the five detained Americans, whom they said “inadvertently” had ammunition in their luggage.

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