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August 14, 1989 | March 5, 1991 | July 5, 1991 | December 24, 1992 | January 18, 1993

August 14, 1989

NAME DISTRICT SENTENCED OFFENSE
Joe Allen Deckert   1979 Misprision of felony (relating to illegal firearms sales), 18 U.S.C. § 4
Donald Alvin Dibble III   1978 Illegal possession of firearm with obliterated serial number, 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(h) and 5871
Leo Friedman   1969 Mail embezzlement, 18 U.S.C. § 1709
Armand Hammer   1976 Making campaign contribution in name of another (misdemeanor), 2 U.S.C. § 440
Charles Arnold Jacobs   1979 Submission of false income tax return, 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1)
Mary Lou Peet   1978 Fraudulent transfer of property in contemplation of bankruptcy, 18 U.S.C. § 152
Robert Gary Rice   1973 Submitting false statements to Federal Housing Administration, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1010 and 2(b)
Billy Wayne Rodgers   1973 Transporting firearm in foreign commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); insubordination, Article 91, U.C.M.J.
Raymond Joseph Shovelski   1974 Conspiracy to accept kickbacks on government contracts, 18 U.S.C. § 371 and 14 U.S.C. §§ 51 and 54

March 5, 1991

NAME DISTRICT SENTENCED OFFENSE
Dorothy Christina Damush   1982 Conspiracy to transport stolen goods in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 371
David Feld   1980 Interference with agent of National Labor Relations Board (misdemeanor), 29 U.S.C. § 162
Mark Christopher Felling   1980 Theft of mail by postal employee, 18 U.S.C. § 1709
Howard William Fitzsimmons   1974 Embezzlement of government property, 18 U.S.C. § 641
Garth Stuart Hancock   1959 Conspiracy to violate Commodity Credit regulations, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Charles Walker Harrison   1966 Unlawful possession of narcotics without having paid transfer tax, 26 U.S.C. § 4744(a)
Geary Travis Holstead   1978 Theft of mail by postal employee, 18 U.S.C. § 1709
Michael Dennis Larsen   1977 Bank embezzlement, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Mark Allen Nelson   1975 Involuntary manslaughter, Article 119, U.C.M.J.
Robert Anthony Pagnanelli   1980 Conspiracy to defraud United States and mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1341
William George Spurlock   1953 Interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicle, 18 U.S.C. § 2312
Harold Bennett Stewart   1963 Theft of government property, 18 U.S.C. § 641
Bernice Lena Telgemeier   1980 Attempted income tax evasion, 26 U.S.C. § 7201
Julius Henry Telgemeier   1980 Attempted income tax evasion, 26 U.S.C. § 7201
William Newton Tunnell, Jr.   1977 Bank embezzlement, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Robert Lee Warner   1979 Obstruction of mail, 18 U.S.C. § 1703
James Alexander Womack   1978 Possession of stolen mail, 18 U.S.C. § 1708

July 5, 1991

NAME DISTRICT SENTENCED OFFENSE
Joseph Berger   1959 Transporting gambling devices within a special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, 15 U.S.C. § 1175
Miles Oakley Bidwell   1962 Filing false statement, 26 U.S.C. § 7206
Edward Meredith Dawsey   1981 Making false statements to the Office of Workmen's Compensation Programs, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 and 1920
Leonard Gilmor   1975 Mail fraud and aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 1341
Lewis Isador Goltz   1976 Sale of firearms to out-of-state resident, failure to register firearms, failure to make appropriate entry in firearm acquisition disposition records, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922 and 924
Wayne Stanley LaTour   1980 Dealing in firearms without a license, 18 U.S.C. § 922
Thomas Leoutsakos   1968 Sale of methamphetamine (misdemeanor), 21 U.S.C. § 331
Mary Mahoney Longwell   1976 Embezzlement of bank funds, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Barbara Cecil Livenia
Chapman Portwood		   1962 Forgery, 18 U.S.C. § 495
Laurie Virginia Rossetti   1976 Engaging in the conduct of an illegal gambling business, 18 U.S.C. § 1955
Myra Soble   1957 Conspiracy to receive and obtain national defense information and transmit same to foreign government, 18 U.S.C. § 793
Rudolph Hartsel Young   1960 Embezzlement of postal funds and falsification of postal records, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1711 and 2073

December 24, 1992

NAME DISTRICT SENTENCED OFFENSE
Caspar W. Weinberger     (See Proclamation No. 6518; 57 Fed. Reg.
62,145 (1992)) 
Elliott Abrams     (See Proclamation No. 6518; 57 Fed. Reg.
62,145 (1992))  
Duane R. Clarridge     (See Proclamation No. 6518; 57 Fed. Reg.
62,145 (1992))  
Alan Fiers     (See Proclamation No. 6518; 57 Fed. Reg.
62,145 (1992))  
Clair George     (See Proclamation No. 6518; 57 Fed. Reg.
62,145 (1992))  
Robert C. McFarlane     (See Proclamation No. 6518; 57 Fed. Reg.
62,145 (1992))  
Joseph Bear, Jr.   1964 Burglary on Indian reservation, 18 U.S.C. § 1153
Thomas Burley Berry   1980 Detaining and destroying mail, 18 U.S.C. § 1703(a)
Robert William Dailey, Sr.   1943 Failure to report for induction into the military in violation of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, 50 U.S.C. App. § 311
Paul Karsten Fauteck   1. 1950


2. 1955


3. 1955


4. 1954


5. 1955		 1. Interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicle, 18 U.S.C. § 2312

2. Conspiracy to smuggle alien into United States and attempting to conceal alien, 18 U.S.C. § 371 and 8 U.S.C. § 1324

3. Transporting false securities in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 2314

4. Absent without leave from Army and wrongful disposition of government property

5. Absent without leave
Dale Leonard Fix   1944 Failure to report for military duty in violation of Selective Service Act of 1940, 50 U.S.C. App. § 311
Francene Geiger   1980 Bank embezzlement, 18 U.S.C. § 657
Ivan Leon Gentry   1946 Transporting stolen motor vehicle in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 408(a)
Joseph Gordon Haynie, Jr.   1973 Misapplication of bank funds, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Henry Levin   1973 Violation of Customs regulations, 18 U.S.C. § 545
Guillermo Medrano Moreno  

1. 1961

2. 1967

1. Failure to register as narcotics user, 26 U.S.C. § 473

2. Illegal importation and sale of heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 174, 26 U.S.C. §§ 4704(a) and 4705(a)
Frank T. Passini, III   1978 Possession and sale of 5,000 grams of marijuana and wrongful possession of 50 grams of marijuana, Article 134, U.C.M.J.
Donald Rightmire   1984 Misprision of a felony, 18 U.S.C. § 4
Edwin Roberts   1947 Carrying on the business of a distiller, possessing an unregistered whiskey still, and making and fermenting mash fit for distillation, 26 U.S.C. §§ 2033, 2810, and 2834
Patrick James Sheehan   1981 Misapplication of bank funds, 18 U.S.C. § 656
Hildred Earl Spates   1971 Theft of government property, 18 U.S.C. § 641
Alfredo Encinas Villarreal   1971 Theft of mail by postal employee, 18 U.S.C. § 1709
Jack Alvin Walker   1956 Failure to report for military duty in violation of Selective Service Act of 1950, 50 U.S.C. App. § 462
Carl Frank Westminster, Jr.   1977 Possession, sale, and transfer of controlled substance, Article 92, U.C.M.J.

January 18, 1993

NAME DISTRICT SENTENCED OFFENSE
Robert Edward Leigh Barnhill, Jr.   1980 Bid rigging, 15 U.S.C. § 1
George Edward Clements, III   1987 Knowingly making false declarations before grand jury, 18 U.S.C. § 1623
Edwin L. Cox, Jr.   1988 Bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1344
Lloyd Earl Davis   1981 Making false entries in bank records, 18 U.S.C. § 1005
James Lewis Donawho   1979 Making false statement to government agency, 18 U.S.C. § 1001
John Stinson Howell, III   1979 Income tax evasion, 26 U.S.C. § 7201
Charles Elvin Huffman   1955 Larceny on a government reservation, 18 U.S.C. § 661
Thomas Arthur Kardashian   1974 Offering gratuities to public officials, 18 U.S.C. § 201(f)
Frederick Irwin Lorber   1962 Obtaining marijuana without paying transfer tax, 26 U.S.C. § 4744(1)
Richard Norris Ware   1973 Aiding and abetting bank embezzlement (misdemeanor), 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 656
Albert Teyechea Williams   1980 Conspiracy to misapply bank funds, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Clyde Henry Umphenour, Jr.   1. 1956


2. 1961		 1. Interstate transportation of forged securities, 18 U.S.C. § 2314

2. Interstate transportation of forged securities, 18 U.S.C. § 2314

 

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