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Saturday, March 2, 2013

PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS

FROM: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Friday, March 1, 2013
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.