LIST: Names and crimes of 78 pardoned by President Barack Obama

Tuesday, December 20, 2016
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama announced the pardons of 78 people Monday, in addition to shortening the sentence of 153 others convicted of federal crimes.

This was the greatest number of individual clemencies in a single day by any president.
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Check out the 78 pardons below, listed in order alphabetically by last name. Click here for the list of shortened sentences.

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1. Ryan Michael Ashbrook

Offense:
Possession with intent to distribute approximately 56 pounds of marijuana

District/Date:
Southern District of Texas; September 8, 2000

Sentence:
Three years' probation, conditioned upon six months' home confinement and performance of 200 hours of community service

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2. Robert Spencer Baines

Offense:
Conspiracy to possess, possession with intent to distribute over 1,000 pounds of marijuana

District/Date:
District of Maine; July 31, 1986

Sentence:
Six years' imprisonment

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3. Roy Darrell Benson

Offense:
Bank fraud

District/Date:
District of Oregon; January 30, 1995

Sentence:
18 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release; $50,000 restitution

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4. Theresa Marie Bishop, aka Teresa Clark

Offense:
Knowingly disposing of a firearm to a person convicted of a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year (three counts); falsification of firearms purchase forms (two counts)

District/Date:
Western District of Pennsylvania; December 8, 2006

Sentence:
Three years' probation, conditioned upon one year of home detention

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5. Tavia Dion Blume

Offense:
Possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute; use of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking offense

District/Date:
District of Montana; May 21, 1999

Sentence:
42 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release (as amended July 12, 1999)

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6. Bob Edward Bone

Offense:
Conspiracy to manufacture in excess of 500 grams of methamphetamine

District/Date:
Eastern District of Missouri; May 2, 2006

Sentence:
One year and one day of imprisonment; two years' supervised release

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7. Philip Stephen Brown, aka Phil Brown

Offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine

District/Date:
District of Wyoming; May 11, 2000

Sentence:
Five months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release, including five months' home confinement

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8. Jesse Daniel Burgher, aka Jessie Burgher

Offense:
Possession with intent to distribute at least 100 kilograms of marijuana

District/Date:
Southern District of Florida; September 8, 1989

Sentence:
60 months' imprisonment; four years' supervised release

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9. Caryn Lynn Camp, fka Caryn Lynn Camp-Kenworthy

Offense:
Wire fraud (10 counts); mail fraud (two counts); conspiracy to steal trade secrets; conspiracy to transport stolen goods; interstate transportation of stolen goods

District/Date:
District of Maine; December 7, 1999

Sentence:
Three years' probation; $7,500 restitution

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10. Randy Dale Cantu

Offense:
Conspiracy; falsely making and forging endorsement on government bonds

District/Date:
Southern District of Georgia; February 8, 1978

Sentence:
Five years' probation; $169.80 restitution

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11. James Randolph Carter

Offense:
Possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute

District/Date:
Northern District of Oklahoma; May 30, 1991

Sentence:
60 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (as amended May 15, 1997)

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12. Dolly Ann Chamberlain, aka Dolly Ann Taylor

Offense:
Conversion of government money

District/Date:
Eastern District of California; September 23, 2002

Sentence:
36 months' probation, including 180 days of home confinement; $3,000 fine; $82,673.06 restitution

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13. Tietti Onette Chandler, aka Tietti Chandler-Shelton

Offense:
Embezzlement of mail matter by a postal employee

District/Date:
Northern District of Mississippi; April 1, 1999

Sentence:
Three years' probation, conditioned upon the performance of 150 hours of community service

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14. Larry Wayne Childress, Jr.

Offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine (two counts)

District/Date:
Eastern District of Arkansas; March 6, 1997

Sentence:
One day of imprisonment; four years' supervised release, including 12 months' home detention (as amended November 13, 1997)

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15. Kristi Lynn Coe, aka Kristi Lynn Coe-Hagan, fka Kristi Hinshaw

Offense:
Mail fraud (mistakenly listed in the judgment as mail theft)

District/Date:
Middle District of North Carolina; October 11, 2001

Sentence:
Five years' probation, conditioned upon four months' home confinement; $17,785.72 restitution

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16. Melissa Rae Conley, fka Melissa Faith

Offense:
Aiding and abetting distribution of a detectable amount of methamphetamine

District/Date:
Western District of Texas; January 24, 2007

Sentence:
18 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release

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17. Christopher John Darville

Offense:
Making false statements to a federally insured financial institution

District/Date:
Middle District of Louisiana; November 27, 2001

Sentence:
One day of imprisonment; three years' supervised release conditioned on three months' home detention; $2,000 fine

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18. Amanda Kucharski DeBlauw, fka Amanda Richmond

Offense:
Distribution of heroin

District/Date:
District of New Hampshire; November 29, 1999

Sentence:
Five months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release, conditioned upon 11 months' home detention

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19. Lehi Victoria Dickey, aka Lahi Dickey, fka Lehi Dickey Bryant

Offense:
Bank embezzlement

District/Date:
Northern District of California; September 13, 1985

Sentence:
Three years' probation; $1,000 fine

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20. Ronald Lee Eyler

Offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute in excess of one kilogram of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine

District/Date:
District of Maryland; March 9, 1992

Sentence:
Two years' imprisonment

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21. Michael Anthony Facchiano, Jr.

Offense:
Mail fraud (two counts)

District/Date:
Western District of Pennsylvania; February 22, 1985

Sentence:
Six months' imprisonment; five years' probation; $2,000 fine

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22. Theresa Renee Gardley, fka Theresa Renee Naper, fka Theresa Renee Thornton

Offense:
Unlawful use of an unauthorized access device

District/Date:
Southern District of Texas; December 9, 1988

Sentence:
Three years' imprisonment, suspended; five years' probation, conditioned upon 200 hours of community service; $6,411 restitution

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23. Karim Riad Georgy

Offense:
Acquiring and possessing controlled substances by fraud, deception, or subterfuge

District/Date:
Middle District of Florida; November 6, 2001

Sentence:
Three years' probation; $1,500 fine; $1,000 restitution (as amended January 28, 2002)

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24. Donald Lee Gilbert

Offense:
Interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle

District/Date:
District of Maine; October 19, 1964

Sentence:
Two years' probation

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25. Pamela Ann Golemba

Offense:
Conspiracy to export cocaine

District/Date:
District of Connecticut; December 15, 1989

Sentence:
Three years' probation, including six months' house arrest; $2,500 fine
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26. Richard Allen Graham

Offense:
Destruction of mail matter by a postal employee

District/Date:
Middle District of Florida; December 19, 2008

Sentence:
One year of probation, including 25 hours of community service

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27. Bobby Joseph Guidry, aka Bob Guidry

Offense:
Conspiracy to import marijuana; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana

District/Date:
Southern District of Mississippi; March 4, 1988

Sentence:
Three years' imprisonment; five years' probation; $1,000 fine

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28. Edward John Hartman

Offense:
Conspiracy (submitting false and fraudulent documents to FHA and VA)

District/Date:
District of New Jersey; July 11, 1986

Sentence:
Four months' imprisonment; three years' probation; $3,000 fine; unspecified restitution

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29. William Bernie Heckle, Jr., aka Billy Heckle

Offense:
Falsifying medical prescriptions and illegally dispensing controlled substances (Schedule II through Schedule V); dispensing prescription medication without a legitimate written order from a prescribing physician

District/Date:
District of South Carolina; December 4, 1996

Sentence:
18 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release

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30. Juleen Nicole Henry

Offense:
Conspiracy to distribute marijuana

District/Date:
Eastern District of Michigan; April 23, 2001

Sentence:
Time served (115 days' imprisonment); two years' supervised release

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31. James Ralph Hoeckelman

Offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana

District/Date:
Western District of Pennsylvania; April 10, 1992

Sentence:
30 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release (as amended April 18, 1997)

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32. Ralph Allen Hoekstra, aka Ralph Alan Hoekstra

Offense:
Importing wildlife contrary to law

District/Date:
Central District of California; January 19, 2005

Sentence:
One year of probation; $5,000 fine

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33. Samuel Wesley Howze, aka Sala Udin

Offense:
Unlawfully transporting firearms; possession of untaxpaid distilled spirits

District/Date:
Western District of Kentucky; November 20, 1970

Sentence:
Five years' imprisonment

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34. Herman Lamont Jackson

Offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and cocaine (two counts)

District/Date:
Northern District of Ohio; March 29, 1999

Sentence:
63 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release; $2,000 fine

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35. Mark Edward Johnson

Offense:
Conspiracy to import more than 100 kilograms of marijuana

District/Date:
Western District of Texas; April 6, 2004

Sentence:
24 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release, conditioned upon 200 hours of community service

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36. Cathy Mae Jones, aka Cathy Mae Bennett









Offense:
Conspiracy

District/Date:
District of New Mexico; September 14, 2006

Sentence:
Time served (nine days' imprisonment); five years' supervised release; $1,423.50 restitution

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37. Fabius Romero Jones

Offense:
Theft from interstate shipment

District/Date:
Northern District of California; August 24, 1977

Sentence:
One year of probation; $100 fine

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38. Ricky Eugene Jones

Offense:
Conspiracy to manufacture 5 grams or more of methamphetamine; attempt to manufacture 5 grams or more of methamphetamine; maintaining a place for manufacture of methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute less than 5 grams of methamphetamine

District/Date:
District of New Mexico; September 14, 2006

Sentence:
Time served (42 days' imprisonment); five years' supervised release; $1,423.50 restitution

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39. James Harold Keaton

Offense:
Possession of a stolen firearm

District/Date:
Western District of Virginia; November 9, 2007

Sentence:
30 months' probation, conditioned upon 50 hours of community service

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40. Dean Robert Kondo

Offense:
Possession of counterfeit currency

District/Date:
Northern District of California; July 19, 2000

Sentence:
12 months and one day of imprisonment; three years' supervised release

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41. Mary Ann Krauser, fka Mary Ann Iron Shield

Offense:
Involuntary manslaughter

District/Date:
District of North Dakota; June 1, 1982

Sentence:
Three years' imprisonment, suspended; five years' probation

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42. Emmanuel Gabriel Leeper

Offense:
Possession with intent to distribute marijuana

District/Date:
Eastern District of Missouri; April 9, 1993

Sentence:
151 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release

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43. Keith Alan Little

Offense:
Interception of electronic communications

District/Date:
Western District of Texas; June 14, 1990

Sentence:
Five years' probation, including four months in a halfway house; $10,000 fine

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44. Victoria Hunter Lowe

Offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine

District/Date:
Western District of Texas; July 18, 2006

Sentence:
46 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release

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45. Dawn Mascari, fka Dawn Steponavich

Offense:
Aiding and abetting in illegal gambling operation

District/Date:
District of Connecticut; April 23, 2002

Sentence:
Three years' probation, conditioned upon two months' home confinement; $2,000 fine

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46. James Willie McGrady, Jr.

Offense:
Distribution of cocaine and aiding and abetting; distribution of cocaine in excess of 500 grams and aiding and abetting; possession of a firearm in the commission of a drug trafficking crime

District/Date:
Eastern District of North Carolina; April 11, 1989

Sentence:
37 months' imprisonment; four years' supervised release; $5,000 fine; $1,000 restitution (as amended May 3, 1990)

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47. John Frederick McNeely, Jr.

Offense:
Receiving counterfeit government obligations

District/Date:
Central District of California; July 27, 1970

Sentence:
Three years' probation

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48. Kenneth Shannon Meadows, aka Kenny Shannon Meadows

Offense:
Manufacture, assemble, modify, sell and distribute electronic devices for the unauthorized decryption of direct-to-home satellite television services

District/Date:
Western District of Kentucky; August 25, 200

Sentence:
Three years' probation, conditioned upon six months' home confinement; $36,424 restitution (3)

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49. Roger Delos Melius

Offense:
Conspiracy to submit false statements

District/Date:
District of South Dakota; October 11, 2007

Sentence:
Three years' probation; $87,712.91 restitution (as amended December 17, 2007)

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50. Samuel Nyamongo Mongare

Offense:
Possession of false identification documents with intent to defraud the United States

District/Date:
Western District of Texas; March 27, 2001

Sentence:
Four months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release
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51. Steven Odell Moon

Offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess phenylacetic acid

District/Date:
Northern District of Texas; January 24, 1991

Sentence:
60 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release

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52. George Bernard Moran

Offense:
Conspiracy to import a substantial amount of marijuana into the United States; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute an amount of marijuana over 1,000 pounds; subscribing to a false United States Income Tax Return

District/Date:
District of Maine; May 11, 1984

Sentence:
Eight years' imprisonment

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53. Thomas Whitfield Morris, Jr.

Offense:
Conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States

District/Date:
District of South Carolina; August 26, 1992

Sentence:
Five years' probation, conditioned upon 300 hours of community service

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54. Christopher Muratore

Offense:
Devising a scheme to defraud the United States of money and property and devising a scheme to deprive the United States Bankruptcy Court and the citizens of the United States of honest services

District/Date:
Middle District of Florida; September 25, 2001

Sentence:
36 months' probation, including six months' home detention; $107,850 restitution

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55. Serena Denise Nunn

Offense:
Aiding and abetting in the attempt to possess with intent to distribute cocaine; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine

District/Date:
District of Minnesota; April 11, 1990

Sentence:
188 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (sentence commuted)

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56. Francis Joseph O'Hara, Sr.

Offense:
Conspiracy to restrain, suppress and eliminate competition by rigging bids; conspiracy with others to knowingly and willfully make and use false documents containing false statements in matters within the jurisdiction of the Defense Personnel Support Command

District/Date:
District of Maine; September 13, 1991

Sentence:
Six months' imprisonment; two years' supervised release; $200,000 fine; $950,000 restitution

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57. James Allen Palmatier

Offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine (mistakenly listed in the judgment as possession of cocaine)

District/Date:
Northern District of Alabama; September 21, 1989

Sentence:
97 months' imprisonment; four years' supervised release, conditioned upon 300 hours of community service

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58. Allen Wayne Parker

Offense:
Officer of U.S. stealing property of another

District/Date:
Western District of Arkansas; May 1, 1991

Sentence:
Three years' probation, conditioned upon an undetermined term of home confinement and five weekends of intermittent confinement; $1,000 fine

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59. Robert Allen Petty

Offense:
Distribution of methamphetamine

District/Date:
Western District of Oklahoma; April 4, 1994

Sentence:
33 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release

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60. Benjamin Ramos

Offense:
Conspiracy to transport and sell stolen goods (two counts)

District/Date:
Southern District of New York; September 21, 2000

Sentence:
Four years' probation; $5,000 restitution

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61. Erica Renee Ramos, fka Erica Renee DeVore, fka Erica Renee Ramirez

Offense:
Use of a communication facility to facilitate a drug felony

District/Date:
Middle District of Florida; February 20, 2003

Sentence:
Two years' probation

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62. Doretha Doreen Rhone

Offense:
Theft

District/Date:
District of Columbia; March 14, 1989

Sentence:
Three years' probation; $3,060 restitution

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63. Adam Philip Ricciardiello

Offense:
Conspiracy to distribute marijuana

District/Date:
District of Vermont; July 1, 2002

Sentence:
Time served; three months' residence in a community confinement center; four years' supervised release, conditioned upon 200 hours of community service; $5,000 fine (as amended July 3, 2002 and January 28, 2003)

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64. Ramon Escalera Sanchez

Offense:
Possession of less than 500 grams of cocaine with intent to distribute

District/Date:
Eastern District of Washington; September 19, 2003

Sentence:
27 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release

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65. Bryan Scot Sandquist

Offense:
Felon in possession of a firearm

District/Date:
District of Oregon; November 4, 2002

Sentence:
40 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release

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66. Heidi Kay Schmidt, fka Heidi Kay Watt

Offense:
Conspiracy to distribute controlled substance

District/Date:
District of Nebraska; June 30, 2005

Sentence:
30 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release, conditioned upon 250 hours of community service (as amended April 12, 2006)

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67. Allen Thompson Sherwood

Offense:
Conduct unbecoming an officer (shoplifting)

District/Date:
United States Air Force general court-martial convened at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana; January 24, 1990

Sentence:
Dismissal from service; four months' confinement; forfeiture of $500 pay per month for four months; $5,000 fine

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68. Kaseen Lathell Simmons, aka Ceno Smith

Offense:
Possession with intent to distribute less than 50 kilograms of marijuana

District/Date:
District of New Mexico; May 17, 1999

Sentence:
21 months' imprisonment; two years' supervised release

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69. Brenda Lorene Sinclair, fka Brenda Lorene Pontius

Offense:
Receiving, possessing, concealing and disposing of stolen money

District/Date:
District of Oregon; October 27, 1986

Sentence:
Ten years' imprisonment; five years' probation; $1,986 restitution

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70. Michael Slavinsky

Offense:
Misdemeanor illegal supplementation of salary by an employee of the United States

District/Date:
District of Columbia; January 7, 1998

Sentence:
Three years' probation, conditioned upon performance of 50 hours of community service; $10,000 restitution

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71. Richard Earl Smout

Offense:
Possession of stolen mail

District/Date:
District of Utah; November 20, 2001

Sentence:
Time served (77 days' imprisonment) and two years' supervised release

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72. Robin Shelley Soodeen

Offense:
Bank embezzlement

District/Date:
District of Columbia; October 2, 2001

Sentence:
Eight months' halfway house confinement; five years' supervised release; $49,000 restitution

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73. Pamela Joy Stokes

Offense:
False Statement

District/Date:
Eastern District of Michigan; May 3, 2006

Sentence:
Two years' probation, conditioned upon 120 days' home confinement

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74. Joseph Eugene Swies

Offense:
Forgery of postal money orders

District/Date:
Western District of Wisconsin; July 27, 1984

Sentence:
Three years' probation; $1,259.71 restitution

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75. Shari Dee Trompke

Offense:
Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine

District/Date:
District of Nebraska; April 17, 1997

Sentence:
36 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release

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76. Jessica Ann Tyson, fka Jessica Ann Martin

Offense:
Conspiracy to commit bank fraud

District/Date:
Western District of Michigan; December 2, 1997

Sentence:
Two years' probation; $1,200 restitution

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77. Robert Steven Warden

Offense:
Simple possession of approximately two grams of heroin

District/Date:
Central District of California; December 4, 1972

Sentence:
One year of probation

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Vera Mae Yurisich

Offense:
Perjury

District/Date:
Eastern District of Washington; April 30, 2007

Sentence:
Three months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release
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