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