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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

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President George W. Bush Granted Pardons

WASHINGTON, D.C. - President George W. Bush granted pardons to the following 14 individuals:

Gene Armand Bridger Elkhart, Indiana

Offense: Conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and mail fraud; 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 371, and 1341.

Sentence: May 29, 1963; Western District of Michigan; five years probation

Cathryn Iline Clasen-Gage Rockwall, Texas

Offense: Misprision of a felony; 18 U.S.C. § 4.

Sentence: August 21, 1992; Northern District of Texas; 18 month­s imprisonment and one year of supervised release.

Thomas Kimble Collinsworth Buckner, Arkansas

Offense: Receipt of a stolen motor vehicle that had been transported in interstate commerce; 18 U.S.C. § 2313.

Sentence: August 22, 1989; Western District of Arkansas; three years probation and a $5,000 fine.

Morris F. Cranmer, Jr. Little Rock, Arkansas

Offense: Making materially false statements to a federally-insured institution; 18 U.S.C. § 1014.

Sentence: March 30, 1988; Eastern District of Arkansas; Nine months incarceration in a community correctional facility, with the condition that he work for the Arkansas Department of Health.

Rusty Lawrence Elliott Mount Pleasant, Tennessee

Offense: Making counterfeit Federal Reserve notes; 18 U.S.C. § 471.

Sentence: April 26, 1991; Western District of Missouri; 12 months and one day imprisonment; two years supervised release, and a $500 fine.

Adam Wade Graham Salt Lake City, Utah

Offense: Conspiracy to deliver 10 or more grams of LSD; 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A)(v), and 846. Sentence: November 23, 1992; District of Wyoming; 30 months imprisonment, later reduced to 11 months and 21 days of imprisonment, and five years supervised release conditioned upon performance of 250 hours community service.

Rufus Edward Harris Canon, Georgia

Offenses: 1. Possession of tax-unpaid whiskey; 26 U.S.C. §§ 5205 and 2604. 2. Possession and selling tax-unpaid whiskey; 26 U.S.C. §§ 5601, 5604, and 5205.

Sentence: 1. June 17, 1963; Middle District of Georgia; two years imprisonment. 2. May 28, 1970, amended July 24, 1973; Northern District of Georgia; five years incarceration subsequently reduced to two years probation.

Jesse Ray Harvey Scarbro, West Virginia

Offense: Property damage by use of explosives and destruction of an energy facility; 18 U.S.C. §§ 844(i) and 1366(a).

Sentence: April 17, 1990; Southern District of West Virginia; 25 months imprisonment and three years supervised release.

Larry Paul Lenius Moorhead, Minnesota

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine; 21 U.S.C. § 846.

Sentence: September 29, 1989, District of North Dakota; 36 months probation conditioned upon three months service in community confinement and payment of $2,500 in restitution.

Larry Lee Lopez Bokeelia, Florida

Offense: Conspiracy to import marijuana; 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 and 953.

Sentence: July 19, 1985; Middle District of Florida; three years probation.

Bobbie Archie Maxwell Lansing, Michigan

Offense: Mailing a threatening letter; 18 U.S.C. § 876.

Sentence: September 6, 1962; Middle District of Georgia; 12 months probation.

Denise Bitters Mendelkow Salt Lake City, Utah

Offense: Embezzlement by a bank employee; 18 U.S.C. § 656.

Sentence: May 21, 1981; District of Utah; two years probation conditioned upon payment of restitution.

Michael John Pozorski Schofield, Wisconsin

Offense: Unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm; 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871.

Sentence: September 14, 1988; Western District of Wisconsin; four years probation conditioned upon 90 days residence in a community treatment center and payment of a $750 fine.

Mark Lewis Weber Sherwood, Arkansas

Offense: Selling Quaalude tablets (one specification), selling, using, and possessing marijuana (three specifications), U.C.M.J., Articles 92 and 134.

Sentence: August 20, 1981; United States Air Force general court-martial convened at Little Rock Air Force Base, Little Rock, Arkansas; 30 months confinement at hard labor, forfeiture of $334 pay per month for 30 months, reduction to the rank of airman basic, and a dishonorable discharge.

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