President Barack Obama Grants Pardons

Today President Barack Obama granted pardons to the following seventeen individuals:

 

• Robert Leroy Bebee – Rockville, Md.

Offense: Misprision of a felony, 18 U.S.C. § 4.

Sentence:   Two years probation.

 

• James Anthony Bordinaro – Gloucester, Mass.

Offenses: Conspiracy to restrain, suppress, and eliminate competition in violation of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1; conspiracy to submit false statements, 18 U.S.C. § 371.

Sentence:   12 months imprisonment, three years supervised release and a $55,000 fine.  

 

• Kelli Elisabeth Collins – Harrison, Ark.

Offense: Aiding and abetting a wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 2.

Sentence:   Five years probation.

 

• Edwin Hardy Futch Jr. – Pembroke, Ga.

            Offense: Theft from an interstate shipment, 18 U.S.C. §§ 659, 2.

Sentence:   Five years probation, $2,399.72 restitution.

 

• Cindy Marie Griffith – Moyock, N.C.

            Offense: Distribution of satellite cable television decryption devices, 47 U.S.C.

§ 605(e)(4), 18 U.S.C. § 2.

Sentence:   Two years probation with 100 hours of community service. 

 

• Roy Eugene Grimes Sr. – Athens, Tenn.

            Offenses: Falsely altering a United States postal money order, 18 U.S.C. § 500; passing,

uttering, and publishing a forged and altered money order with intent to defraud,

18 U.S.C. § 500.

            Sentence:  18 months probation.

 

• Jon Christopher Kozeliski – Decatur, Ill.

            Offense: Conspiracy to traffic counterfeit goods, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 2320.

Sentence:   One year of probation with six months of home confinement, $10,000 fine.

 

·          Jimmy Ray Mattison – Anderson, S.C.

            Offenses: Conspiracy to transport and cause the transportation of altered securities in

interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 2314; transporting and causing the transportation

of altered securities in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2314, 2.

            Sentence:  Three years probation.

 

• An Na Peng – Honolulu

            Offense: Conspiracy to defraud the Immigration and Naturalization Service,

18 U.S.C. § 371.

            Sentence:  Two years probation, $2,000 fine.

 

• Michael John Petri – Montrose, S.D.

            Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of a controlled

substance (cocaine), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a), 846.

            Sentence:  Five years imprisonment, three years supervised release.

 

• Karen Alicia Ragee – Decatur, Ill.

            Offense: Conspiracy to traffic counterfeit goods, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 2320.

            Sentence:  One year of probation with six months of home confinement, $2,500 fine.

 

• Jamari Salleh – Alexandria, Va.

            Offense: False claims upon and against the United States, 18 U.S.C. §§ 287, 2.

            Sentence:  Four years probation, $5,000 fine, $5,900 restitution.

 

• Alfor Sharkey – Omaha, Neb.

            Offense: Unauthorized acquisition of food stamps, 7 U.S.C. § 2024(b)(1).

            Sentence:  Three years probation with 100 hours of community service, $2,750 restitution.

 

• Donald Barrie Simon Jr. – Chattanooga, Tenn.

            Offense: Aiding and abetting in the theft of an interstate shipment, 18 U.S.C. §§ 659, 2.

            Sentence:  Two years imprisonment, three years probation.

 

• Lynn Marie Stanek – Tualatin, Ore.

            Offense: Unlawful use of a communication facility to distribute cocaine,

21 U.S.C. § 843(b).

            Sentence:  Six months in jail, five years probation conditioned on residence in a

community treatment center for a period not to exceed one year.

 

• Larry Wayne Thornton – Forsyth, Ga.

            Offense: Possession of an unregistered firearm, 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d), 5871; possession

of a firearm without a serial number, 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(i), 5871.

            Sentence:  Four years probation.

 

• Donna Kaye Wright – Friendship, Tenn.

            Offense: Embezzlement and misapplication of bank funds, 18 U.S.C. § 656.

Sentence:   54 days imprisonment, three years probation conditioned on performance of six hours of community service per week.