The White House announced that President Barack Obama has pardoned 17 people. Here's the official release:
President Obama Grants Pardons WASHINGTON – Today President Barack Obama granted pardons to the following seventeen individuals: Robert Leroy Bebee – Rockville, Maryland. Offense: Misprision of a felony, 18 U.S.C. § 4. Sentence: Two years probation. James Anthony Bordinaro – Gloucester, Massachusetts. 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, Arkansas. Offense: Aiding and abetting a wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 2. Sentence: Five years probation. Edwin Hardy Futch, Jr. – Pembroke, Georgia. Offense: Theft from an interstate shipment, 18 U.S.C. §§ 659, 2. Sentence: Five years probation, $2,399.72 restitution. Cindy Marie Griffith – Moyock, North Carolina. 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, Tennessee. 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, Illinois. 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, South Carolina. 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, Hawaii. 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, South Dakota. 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, Illinois. 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, Virginia. 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, Nebraska. 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, Tennessee. 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, Oregon. 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, Georgia. 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, Tennessee. 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.