President George W. Bush granted pardons to the following 17 individuals:
| James Leon Adams | Simpsonville, South Carolina |
| Offense: | Selling firearms to out of state residents and falsifying firearms records; 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(b) (3), 922(m), and 924(a) |
| Sentence: | January 27, 1976; District of South Carolina; two years probation and a $1,000 fine |
| Tony Dale Ashworth | Winnsboro, South Carolina |
| Offense: | Unlawful transfer of a firearm; 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(e) and 5871 |
| Sentence: | July 19, 1989; District of South Carolina; three years probation conditioned on the performance of 300 hours community service |
| Randall Leece Deal | Clayton, Georgia |
| Offense: | 1. Liquor law violation; Title 26, U.S.C. 2. Liquor law violation; Title 26, U.S.C. 3. Conspiracy to violate the liquor laws, Title 26, U.S.C. |
| Dates: | 1. June 23, 1960; Northern District of Georgia; two years
probation 2. and 3. April 29, 1964 and May 8, 1964; Northern District of Georgia; 18 months imprisonment, suspended, two years probation |
| William Henry Eagle | Wenatchee, Washington |
| Offense: | Possessing an unregistered still, carrying on the business of a distiller without giving the required bond, and manufacturing mash on other than lawfully qualified premises; 26 U.S.C. §§ 5601(a)(1), 5601(a)(4), and 5601(a)(7) |
| Date: | March 23, 1972; Eastern District of Arkansas; two years probation |
| Robert Carter Eversole | Summerville, Georgia |
| Offense: | Conspiracy to commit theft from an interstate shipment; 18 U.S.C. § 371 |
| Date: | June 18, 1984; Eastern District of Tennessee; five years probation, with the special conditions that he pay $4,038 in restitution and perform 100 hours of community service |
| Kenneth Clifford Foner | Niobrara, Nebraska |
| Offense: | Conspiracy to impede the functions of the FDIC, commit embezzlement as a bank officer, make false entries in the records of an FDIC-insured bank, and commit bank fraud; 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 656, 1005, and 1344 |
| Date: | July 19, 1991; District of Nebraska; five years probation, conditioned upon performance of 1,000 hours of community service and payment of $17,750 in restitution |
| Victoria Diane Frost | Medina, Ohio |
| Offense: | Conspiracy to possess and distribute L-Ephedrine Hydrochloride, 21 U.S.C. § 846 |
| Date: | April 25, 1994; Western District of New York; three years probation, including six months’ home confinement; $3,000 fine |
| William Grover Frye | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Offense: | 1. Absence without leave (two specifications), Article 86, UCMJ, 10
U.S.C. § 886; escape from lawful confinement, Article 95, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. §
895 2. Sale of a stolen motor vehicle moving in interstate commerce; 18 U.S.C. § 2313 |
| Date: | 1. October 3, 1968; United States Army general court-martial;
confinement at hard labor for one year, forfeiture of all pay and allowances,
and a bad conduct discharge, as approved by the convening authority on November
14, 1968 2. October 15, 1973; Southern District of Indiana; two years probation |
| Stanley Bernard Hamilton | Richton Park, Illinois |
| Offense: | Altering U.S. postal money orders; 18 U.S.C. § 500 |
| Date: | September 13, 1990; Southern District of Mississippi; three years probation, conditioned upon confinement for 30 days in a community treatment center and payment of a $1,000 fine |
| Melodie Jean Hebert | Scituate, Rhode Island |
| Offense: | Conspiracy to defraud the United States by making false claims; 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1001 |
| Date: | February 23, 1984; District of Rhode Island; two years probation, conditioned upon payment of $1,250 in restitution |
| James Ernest Kinard, Jr. | Stuart, Florida |
| Offense: | Failure by a licensed firearms dealer to make appropriate entries in firearms records required to be kept by law (four counts); making false entries by a licensed firearms dealer in firearms records required to be kept by law; 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(m) and 2 |
| Date: | March 26, 1984; District of South Carolina; five years’ probation; conditioned upon performance of 1,000 hours community service and payment of restitution in an amount to be determined by the U.S. Probation Officer and a $12,000 fine |
| Devin Timothy Kruse | San Clemente, California |
| Offense: | Unauthorized absence, Article 86, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 886 |
| Date: | November 28, 1978; United States Coast Guard special court-martial; reduction to pay grade E-2 and a $450 fine, as approved by the convening authority on February 13, 1979 |
| Gerard Murphy | Rayne, Louisiana |
| Offense: | Theft of a motor vehicle from a U.S. Air Force base, 18 U.S.C. §§ 7 and 13 |
| Date: | March 14, 1972; Middle District of Florida; one year probation |
| Joseph Mathew Novak | Kent, Ohio |
| Offense: | Possession and transfer of an illegal weapon, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(o)(1) and 924(a)(2) |
| Date: | December 2, 1994; Northern District of Ohio; two years probation, with the special condition that he serve six months home confinement, and a $2,000 fine |
| John Louis Ribando | Le Mars, Iowa |
| Offense: | 1. Possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance
(marijuana); 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) (1) 2. Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance (marijuana); importing a controlled substance (marijuana); 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) (1), 846, 952(a), 960(a) (1), and 963 |
| Date: | 1. November 15, 1976; Central District of California; five years
imprisonment followed by five years special parole 2. July 11, 1978; Central District of California; six months confinement in a jail-type institution, ten years special parole, and five years probation, conditioned upon performance of 1,200 hours of charitable work and payment of a $1,000 fine; consecutive to No. 1 |
| Edward Rodriguez Trevino, Jr. | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Offense: | Larceny, Article 121, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 921; United States Navy special court-martial |
| Date: | September 19, 1997; United States Navy special court-martial; three months confinement, forfeiture of pay and allowance for three months, and reduction in pay grade, as approved by the convening authority on October 3, 1997 |
| Jerry Dean Walker | Newark, Delaware |
| Offense: | Possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) (1) |
| Date: | April 10, 1989; Western District of North Carolina; three years imprisonment, as amended October 19, 1989 |
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