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

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Tuesday, December 20, 2016
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WASHINGTON (WABC) -- 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

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