WASHINGTON – On Dec. 10, 2007, President George W. Bush granted pardons to the following 29 individuals:
PARDONS:
| James Albert Bodendieck, Sr. | New Athens, Illinois |
| Offense: | Interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle; 18 U.S.C. § 2312. |
| Sentence: | April 9, 1959; Southern District of Illinois; three years probation |
| Jeffrey James Bruce | Chandler, Oklahoma |
| Offense: | Possession of stolen mail; 18 U.S.C. § 1708. |
| Sentence: | February 22, 1994; District of Hawaii; five years probation and $4,789 restitution. |
| Charles Wayne Bryant | Sautee, Georgia |
| Offense: | Theft of United States mail matter by employee; 18 U.S.C. § 1709. |
| Sentence: | March 13, 1962; Northern District of Georgia; two years probation. |
| Carleton Gregory Carpenter | Wayland, Massachusetts |
| Offense: | Making a false representation with respect to information required to be kept in the records of a person holding a federal firearms license; 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 924(a). |
| Sentence: | May 20, 1981; Middle District of Florida; six months probation. |
| John Edward Casto | Ripley, West Virginia |
| Offense: | Distribution of cocaine; 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). |
| Sentence: | March 12, 1990; Northern District of West Virginia; six months house arrest followed by two years probation and payment of a $2,000 fine. |
| Jackie Ray Clayborn | Deer, Arkansas |
| Offense: | Manufacturing marijuana; 21U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(D). |
| Sentence: | August 31, 1993; Western District of Arkansas; five months imprisonment, two years supervised release, and a $3,000 fine. |
| Debbie Sue Conklin, formerly known as | Douglas, Wyoming |
| Debbie Sue McAlevy | |
| Offense: | Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine; 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1). |
| Sentence: | November 16, 1990; District of Nebraska; five years probation. |
| Charles Richard Fennell | Valencia, California |
| Offense: | False statement to a federally-insured financial institution; 18 U.S.C. § 1014. |
| Sentence: | October 25, 1995; Central District of California; three years probation, conditioned on payment of $22,113 in restitution and performance of 500 hours of community service. |
| John Fornaby | Boynton Beach, Florida |
| Offense: | Conspiracy to distribute cocaine; 21 U.S.C. § 846. |
| Sentence: | April 2, 1991; Southern District of Florida; three years imprisonment. |
| Daniel Ray Freeman | Douglas, Georgia |
| Offense: | Violation of Internal Revenue liquor laws; 26 U.S.C. §§ 5205(a)(2) and 5604(a)(1). |
| Sentence: | February 26, 1963, Southern District of Georgia; three years probation and a $350 fine. |
| Thomas Dee Gandy | Wichita, Kansas |
| Offense: | Mail fraud affecting a financial institution; 18 U.S.C. § 1341. |
| Sentence: | April 22, 1996; Northern District of Texas; four months and 16 days imprisonment, five years supervised release, and a $2,000 fine. |
| Melton Harrell | Cairo, Georgia |
| Offense: | Theft of government property and receiving stolen government property; 18 U.S.C. § 641. |
| Sentence: | June 22, 1976; Northern District of Georgia; two years probation and a $200 fine. |
| Paul Dwight Hawkins | Lafayette, Louisiana |
| Offense: | Conspiracy to import marijuana; 21 U.S.C. § 963. |
| Sentence: | April 19, 1990; Middle District of Florida; four years imprisonment. |
| Roger Paul Ingram | Round Rock, Texas |
| Offense: | Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute an analogue of a Schedule I controlled substance, 3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Ecstasy); 21 U.S.C. §§ 813, 841(a)(1), and 846. |
| Sentence: | November 10, 1987; Western District of Texas; five years imprisonment. |
| William Lucius Jones, Jr. | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Offense: | Illegal possession of an unregistered firearm; 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d). |
| Sentence: | March 10, 1972; Northern District of Alabama; three years probation. |
| William Charles Jordan, Jr. | Dover, Pennsylvania |
| Offense: | Managing and conducting an illegal gambling business; 18 U.S.C. § 1955. |
| Sentence: | January 12, 2000; Middle District of Pennsylvania; one year probation and a $2,000 fine. |
| Saul Kaplan | Scranton, Pennsylvania |
| Offense: | Violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act; 2 U.S.C. §§ 437g(d)(1)(A) and 441a(1)(A). |
| Sentence: | January 7, 1992; Middle District of Pennsylvania; $25,000 fine. |
| Billy Joe LaForce | San Antonio, Texas |
| Offense: | Conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute; 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(D). |
| Sentence: | June 13, 1991; Western District of Texas; 21 months incarceration, three years supervised release, $5,000 fine. |
| Rudolph J. Macejak | Morton Grove, Illinois |
| Offense: | Possession of an unregistered firearm; 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and (i). |
| Sentence: | June 26, 1986; Northern District of Illinois; $5,000 fine. |
| John F. McDermott | Moretown, Vermont |
| Offense: | Receiving kickbacks in defense procurement contracts; 41 U.S.C. §§ 51-54 and 18 U.S.C. § 2. |
| Sentence: | November 21, 1995; District of Massachusetts; two years probation and $10,000 fine. |
| William James Norman | Tallahassee, Florida |
| Offense: | Possession of an unregistered distillery; 26 U.S.C. §§ 5179 and 5601(a)(1); carrying on the business of a distiller without giving the required bond; 26 U.S.C. § 5601(a); possession and custody of a still without the required sign outside the premises; 26 U.S.C. § 5180; working at a distillery without the required sign outside the premises; 26 U.S.C. §§ 5180 and 5681(c); unlawfully producing distilled spirits from mash and similar material; 26 U.S.C. §§ 5601(a)(8) and 5222. |
| Sentence: | October 19, 1970; Southern District of Georgia; three years probation. |
| Glanus Terrell Osborne | Dallas, Georgia |
| Offense: | Possession of a stolen motor vehicle, 18 U.S.C. §2313. |
| Sentence: | May 23, 1990; Southern District of Georgia; three years probation, with a condition of 90 days in a community corrections center, and a $2,000 fine. |
| John Gordon Smith | Littleton, Colorado |
| Offense: | False statement to a federal agency; 18 U.S.C. § 1001. |
| Sentence: | October 13, 1988; Northern District of Texas; five years probation. |
| Walter J. Sweeney, III | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Offense: | Attempting to evade income taxes, 26 U.S.C. § 7201. |
| Sentence: | May 28, 1993; Southern District of Ohio; one year probation and a $10,000 fine. |
| Bainbridge, Georgia | |
| Nancy Lynn Thompson | |
| Offense: | Embezzlement by a bank employee, 18 U.S.C. § 656. |
| Sentence: | September 4, 1997; Northern District of Florida; one day of imprisonment; three years supervised release. |
| Daryl Toney | Montgomery, Alabama |
| Offense: | Misdemeanor theft within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, 18 U.S.C. § 641. |
| Sentence: | March 17, 1993; Middle District of Georgia; one year of probation, including five days in jail, and a $500 fine. |
| Charles Eddie Trobaugh | Whitleyville, Tennessee |
| Offense: | Liquor law violations, 26 U.S.C. §§ 5179(a), 5601(a)(1), 5222, 5601(a)(7), and 5604(a)(1). |
| Sentence: | December 7, 1965; Middle District of Tennessee; three years probation. |
| Samuel Lewis Whisel | Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania |
| Offense: | Aiding and abetting the interstate transportation of stolen goods, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2314 and 2. |
| Sentence: | May 2, 1989; Middle District of Pennsylvania; two years probation. |
| Steven Wayne Whitlock | Sarasota, Florida |
| Offense: | Conspiracy to import marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 952, 960(b)(1)(G), and 963. |
| Sentence: | February 28, 1990; Middle District of Florida; five years imprisonment. |
| COMMUTATION: | |
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On Dec. 10, 2007, President Bush granted a commutation of sentence to the following individual: |
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| Michael Dwayne Short | Hyattsville, Maryland |
| Offense: | Aiding and abetting the distribution of cocaine base; 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), 18 U.S.C. § 2. |
| Sentence: | November 13, 1992; District of Maryland; 235 months imprisonment; five years supervised release. |
| Terms of commutation: | Sentence of imprisonment to expire on February 8, 2008, term of supervised release left intact and in effect. |
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