President Obama Grants Commutations Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Today, the President
granted commutation of sentence to the following 79 individuals:
Lawrence Daro Adams –
Houston, TX Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of
cocaine, aiding and abetting; Southern District of Texas Sentence: 240 months'
imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $5,000 fine (July 20, 2001) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 22, 2017.
Tyrone Allen –
Lubbock, TX Offense: Aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute
more than 50 grams of cocaine base; Western District of Texas Sentence: 240
months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (March 25, 2003) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned
upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Anthony Arthur –
Killeen, TX Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute at least
50 grams of "crack cocaine"; Western District of Texas Sentence: 210
months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $1,000 fine (August 3,
2005) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 22, 2017.
Lisa Woods Ball –
Sugar Grove, VA Offense: Conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of
methamphetamine; Western District of Virginia Sentence: 240 months'
imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (March 3, 2009) Commutation Grant:
Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months' imprisonment.
Curtis A. Beasley –
Greer, SC Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five grams
or more but less than 50 grams of crack cocaine; possession with intent to
distribute five grams or more of crack cocaine; District of South Carolina Sentence:
408 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (August 16, 2004) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 22, 2017.
Efrem Berry –
Americus, GA Offense: Possession with intent to distribute a detectable amount
of cocaine; possession with intent to distribute less than 50 kilograms of
marijuana; possession with intent to distribute a detectable amount of 3,4
methylenedioxy methamphetamine, aka MDMA; Middle District of Georgia Sentence:
235 months' imprisonment; six years' supervised release (November 9, 2006) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 151 months' imprisonment.
Albert Betemit – New
York, NY Offense: Conspiracy to distribute in excess of five kilograms of
powder cocaine and 50 grams of cocaine base; possession with intent to
distribute cocaine (three counts); distribution of cocaine; possession with
intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of cocaine base (two counts);
distribution in excess of 50 grams of cocaine base (two counts); unlawful use
of a communication facility; Eastern District of Virginia
Sentence: Life imprisonment; four years' supervised release (September 25, 1996) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 300 months' imprisonment.
Sentence: Life imprisonment; four years' supervised release (September 25, 1996) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 300 months' imprisonment.
Carroll Edgar Blevins,
Jr. – Abingdon, VA Offense: 1. Distribution of methamphetamine (two counts);
Western District of Virginia 2. Supervised release violation (possession of a
firearm by a convicted felon (two counts)); Western District of Virginia Sentence:
1. 188 months' imprisonment; six years’ supervised release (November
3, 2006) 2. 51 months' imprisonment (consecutive); one year's supervised
release (November 3, 2006) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to
expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug
treatment.
Kerwin Blount – New
Haven, CT Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base; District
of Connecticut Sentence: 292 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (May 18, 2000)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018,
conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Tramiere Broughton –
Clinton, IA Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base ("crack");
Southern District of Iowa Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (October 3,
2002) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 22, 2017.
Thomas Brown – Miami,
FL Offense: Possession with intent to distribute at least five kilograms of
cocaine; Southern District of Florida Sentence: Life imprisonment (October 24,
1989) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 22,
2017.
Christopher Carlton Bryson
– Davenport, IA Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to
distribute heroin and marijuana, each a schedule I controlled substance, and
cocaine and cocaine base ("crack"), each a schedule II controlled
substance; money laundering; Southern District of Iowa Sentence: 360 months'
imprisonment; five years' supervised release (February 9, 2001) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned
upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Earl Cain –
Springfield, MA Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute
cocaine base; District of Massachusetts Sentence: 262 months' imprisonment;
five years' supervised release (February 15, 2001) Commutation Grant: Prison
sentence commuted to expire on March 22, 2017.
Christopher Michael
Calloway – Hampton, VA Offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine
base; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime;
Eastern District of Virginia Sentence: 181 months' imprisonment; five years'
supervised release (June 18, 2007); amended to 180 months' imprisonment (June
9, 2008) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 22,
2017.
Jermaine Lewis Carter
– Davenport, IA Offense: Conspiracy to distribute at least 50 grams of cocaine base;
Southern District of Iowa Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised
release (April 24, 2009) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term
of 180 months' imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug
treatment.
Jimmy Carter, Jr. –
Montgomery, AL Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to
distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine
hydrochloride (two counts); possession of cocaine hydrochloride; possession
with intent to distribute cocaine base; Middle District of Alabama Sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (September 23, 2003) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment,
conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Mark Clifton –
Brooklyn, NY Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to
distribute cocaine base (crack); possession with intent to distribute cocaine
base (crack) and aiding and abetting; Eastern District of North Carolina Sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $7,500 fine (May 28,
1997) Commutation Grant:
Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, and unpaid balance of
$7,500 fine remitted, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug
treatment.
Dewayne Damper –
Fontana, CA Offense: Possession with intent to distribute "crack"
cocaine base; Southern District of Mississippi Sentence: 360 months'
imprisonment; eight years' supervised release; $4,500 fine (April 20, 1999);
amended to 360 months' imprisonment; six years' supervised release; $4,500
fine (May 12, 2004)
Commutation Grant:
Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 22, 2017.
Johnny Davis –
Florence, SC Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and
distribution of five kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of
cocaine base, commonly known as crack cocaine; District of South Carolina Sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (February 4, 2004) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned
upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Roy Edward Detreville,
Jr. – Winter Garden, FL Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to
distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine; Middle District of Florida Sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (February 8, 2005) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 22, 2017.
Luis Diaz – Winter
Park, FL Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, and
conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride; Middle
District of Florida Sentence: Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release
(July 25, 1996); amended to 360 months' imprisonment (July 1, 2015) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 22, 2017.
William Henry Dudley –
Atlanta, GA Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to
distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base;
possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and
substance containing cocaine base; possession of a firearm by a convicted
felon; Northern District of Florida
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $1,000 fine (April 27, 2006) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $1,000 fine (April 27, 2006) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Reginald Leon Edwards
– Chatham, VA Offense: Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine
base; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime;
Western District of Virginia Sentence: 181 months' imprisonment; five years'
supervised release; $400 fine (August 3, 2007); amended to 180 months' imprisonment
(October 22, 2008) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on
November 22, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Timothy John Ehrmann –
Minneapolis, MN Offense: Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and ecstasy;
aiding and abetting to distribute ecstasy (two counts); aiding and abetting to
distribute methamphetamine (three counts); possession with intent to distribute
methamphetamine; District of Minnesota Sentence: 360 months' imprisonment; five
years' supervised release (March 5, 2004); amended to 292 months' imprisonment
(September 12, 2016) Commutation Grant:
Prison sentence commuted to a term of 228 months' imprisonment, conditioned
upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
P.W. Ferguson –
Columbia, SC Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution
of 50 grams or more of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute and
distribution of a quantity of cocaine base, aiding and abetting; District of
South Carolina Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (May
31, 2007)
Commutation Grant:
Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned upon
enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Darryl D. Fields –
Harvey, IL Offense: Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine;
Northern District of Iowa Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised
release (June 8, 2009) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on
November 22, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
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Timothy Fields –
Mesquite, TX Offense: Conspiracy; possession with intent to distribute
controlled substance, aiding and abetting (three counts); use and carry firearm
during drug trafficking crime; Northern District of Texas Sentence: Life plus 60 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release
(February 16, 1994) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of
465 months' imprisonment.
Tyris Ford –
Philadelphia, PA Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base
("crack"); distribution of cocaine base ("crack") or
possession with intent to distribute cocaine base ("crack"); carrying
a firearm during a drug trafficking crime; Eastern District of Pennsylvania Sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (January 5, 2001) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 22, 2017.
Eric Cornell Foster –
Bladensburg, MD Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five
kilograms or more of cocaine; Eastern District of Michigan Sentence: Life
imprisonment (December 11, 2007) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to
a term of 175 months' imprisonment.
Osvaldo Richard
Gonzalez – Sylmar, CA Offense: Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine;
possession of firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense; Southern
District of Iowa Sentence: 180 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised
release (September 7, 2007) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to
expire on March 22, 2017.
Jamere Ireadus Hall –
Kissimmee, FL Offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine
base; felon in possession of firearm; District of Maryland Sentence: 360
months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (August 1, 2005) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 210 months' imprisonment.
Avery Hardy –
Smithville, GA Offense: Possession with the intent to distribute more than 50
grams of crack cocaine; Middle District of Georgia Sentence: Life imprisonment;
10 years' supervised release (January 12, 2006) Commutation Grant: Prison
sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment
in residential drug treatment.
Donikki Hardy –
Pacolet, SC Offense: Possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine;
District of South Carolina Sentence: 480 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (November
26, 2002); amended to 300 months' imprisonment (October 28, 2008); amended to
299 months' imprisonment (February 5, 2014) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence
commuted to expire on March 22, 2017.
William Crawford
Hardy, III – Roanoke, VA Offense: Distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base;
Western District of Virginia Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years'
supervised release (February 7, 2006) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence
commuted to expire on March 22, 2017.
Robert Jeffrey Harris
– Fort Walton Beach, FL Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with
intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; possession with intent
to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; Northern District of Florida Sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (December 12, 2006) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 210 months' imprisonment.
Jeff Hendricks –
Seagoville, TX Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to
distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine; conspiracy to possess a List
I chemical to manufacture methamphetamine; Northern District of Texas Sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (May 9, 2002); amended
to 324 months' imprisonment (April 1, 2016) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence
commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in
residential drug treatment.
Warren Lavell Jackson
– Port St. Lucie, FL Offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine; Southern
District of Florida Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release
(March 7, 2000) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of
300 months' imprisonment.
Timothy Johnson –
Georgetown, SC Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and
distribution of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine
base; using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking
crime; District of South Carolina Sentence: 180 months' imprisonment; five
years' supervised release (February 28, 2006) Commutation Grant: Prison
sentence commuted to expire on March 22, 2017.
Paul Kinney – Anaheim,
CA Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute
in excess of 500 grams of methamphetamine; Eastern District of Missouri Sentence:
235 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (April 19, 2006);
amended to 210 months' imprisonment (December 19, 2014) Commutation Grant:
Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned upon
enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Daniel Lee Larsen –
West Valley City, UT Offense: Possession of methamphetamine with intent to
distribute; conspiracy or attempt to manufacture methamphetamine (two counts);
establishment of a manufacture operation; possession of a listed chemical (two
counts); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense;
District of Utah Sentence: 384 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised
release; $2,000 restitution (January 7, 2002) Commutation Grant:
Prison sentence commuted to a term of 270 months' imprisonment, conditioned
upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Darrius Lewis –
McComb, MS Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base; Southern District of
Mississippi Sentence: 262 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release (May 20,
2005) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months'
imprisonment.
Robert Lum –
Waimanalo, HI Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to
distribute in excess of 50 grams of methamphetamine; District of Hawaii Sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (November 28, 2005) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned
upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Karliss Lyttle – St.
Louis, MO Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to
distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base; distribution of less than five
grams of cocaine base (two counts); Southern District of Illinois Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $500 fine
(April 22, 2004) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on
November 22, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Ryan W. Magro –
Dunstable, MA Offense: Possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance;
District of Massachusetts Sentence: 180 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised
release (May 22, 2007) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on
March 22, 2017.
Orlando Keith McCord –
Flint, MI Offense: Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of
cocaine base; Eastern District of Michigan Sentence: 180 months' imprisonment;
eight years' supervised release (April 19, 2007) Commutation Grant: Prison
sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment
in residential drug treatment.
Donna Sue McDaniel –
Boyd, TX Offense: Distribution of 219.6 grams of methamphetamine; Northern
District of Texas Sentence: 360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised
release (September 27, 1996) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to
expire on March 22, 2017.
John E. McNeill –
Washington, DC Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more
of phencyclidine, commonly known as PCP; conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or
more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of phencyclidine,
commonly known as PCP; District of Kansas Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment;
10 years' supervised release (February 23, 2004) Commutation Grant: Prison
sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment
in residential drug treatment.
Frantz Michel –
Brooklyn, NY Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to
distribute heroin, cocaine, and cocaine base; Eastern District of Virginia Sentence: Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (January 31, 2003);
amended to 300 months' imprisonment (November 1, 2011); amended to 235 months' imprisonment
(November 2, 2015) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on
March 22, 2017.
Vernard Mitchell –
Washington, DC Offense: Unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a
person convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one
year; unlawful possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of
cocaine base; unlawful possession with intent to distribute heroin; unlawful
possession with intent to distribute cannabis; District of Columbia Sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (March 30, 2007) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 210 months' imprisonment,
conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Robert L. Moffitt –
Fort Worth, TX Offense: Conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine base;
distribution of cocaine base; maintaining a drug-involved premises (two
counts); Northern District of Texas Sentence: 360 months' imprisonment; six
years' supervised release (April 10, 2006); amended to 292 months' imprisonment
(January 12, 2012)
Commutation Grant:
Prison sentence commuted to a term of 180 months' imprisonment.
Ward Everette Mohler –
Linville, VA Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and
distribution of methamphetamine; distribution of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
(three counts); carry firearm during drug trafficking (two counts); possession
of firearm by a convicted felon (two counts); distribution of methamphetamine
(nine counts); Western District of Virginia Sentence: 469 months' imprisonment;
three years' supervised release (April 23, 1992); amended to 436 months'
imprisonment (March 18, 2016) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to
expire on December 22, 2016.
Michael Toriano Morris
– Charlotte, NC Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and
distribute cocaine and cocaine base; Western District of North Carolina Sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (August 19, 2004);
amended to 292 months’ imprisonment (November 23, 2015) Commutation Grant:
Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 22, 2017.
Jerry Lee Mutchler –
Riverton, IA Offense: Conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine;
Southern District of Iowa Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years'
supervised release (February 4, 2005) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence
commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in
residential drug treatment.
Victor Robert Nava,
Sr. – Billings, MT Offense: Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and
marijuana; distribution of marijuana; possession of methamphetamine with intent
to distribute; distribution of hydrocodone; possession of morphine with intent
to distribute; possession of codeine with intent to distribute; District of
Montana Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (May 22,
2002) Commutation Grant:
Prison sentence commuted to a term of 270 months' imprisonment.
Cathy Lea Neal –
Council Bluffs, IA Offense: Conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of
methamphetamine mixture and 50 grams or more of actual (pure) methamphetamine;
Northern District of Iowa Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years'
supervised (September 24, 2009) Commutation Grant:
Prison sentence commuted to expire on May 21, 2017.
Jose Otero –
Worcester, MA Offense: Possession of cocaine with intent to distribute;
District of Massachusetts Sentence: 262 months' imprisonment; eight years'
supervised release (June 29, 2006) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted
to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug
treatment.
Tilman Rufus Partin –
Frakes, KY Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine; possession with intent to
distribute cocaine, aiding and abetting; Eastern District of Kentucky
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (October 10, 1997) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 324 months' imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (October 10, 1997) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 324 months' imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Mario A. Powell –
Kansas City, MO Offense: Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of
"crack" cocaine; Western District of Missouri Sentence: 240 months'
imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (April 16, 2009) Commutation Grant:
Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned upon
enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Roosevelt Terence
Jerome Rayford – Sherman, TX Offense: Conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, possess, or dispense cocaine
base (crack) or marijuana; Eastern District of Texas Sentence: 326 months'
imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $2,000 fine (July 1, 2003);
amended to 300 months’ imprisonment (April 29, 2004) Commutation Grant: Prison
sentence commuted to a term of 188 months' imprisonment.
Eddie James Reed –
Albany, GA Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of
cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of
cocaine base; Middle District of Georgia Sentence: 262 months' imprisonment;
five years' supervised release (February 28, 2008) Commutation Grant: Prison
sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment
in residential drug treatment.
Jose Rodriguez –
Camden, NJ Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to
distribute more than one kilogram of heroin and more than 50 grams of cocaine
base; District of New Jersey Sentence: 360 months' imprisonment; five years'
supervised release; $10,000 fine (April 27, 2006); amended to 235 months'
imprisonment (August 28, 2015)
Commutation Grant:
Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 22, 2017 and unpaid balance of the
$10,000 fine remitted.
Cynthia Valdez Shank –
Lansing, MI Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to
distribute more than five kilograms of powder cocaine, 50 grams of cocaine
base, and/or 1,000 kilograms of marijuana; possession with intent to distribute
five kilograms or more of cocaine; possession with intent to distribute 50
grams or more of cocaine base (crack cocaine); possession with intent to
distribute 40 pounds of marijuana; Western District of Michigan Sentence: 180
months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $10,000 fine (February
29, 2008) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 22,
2017, and unpaid balance of the $10,000 fine remitted.
Artis Sherman – Allen,
TX Offense: Conspiracy in the possession with intent to distribute more than 50
grams of crack cocaine; Western District of Texas Sentence: 300 months'
imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (November 30, 2007) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned
upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Carnell Smith – Hazel
Crest, IL Offense: 1. Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to
distribute mixtures containing cocaine; Northern District of Illinois 2.
Possession of a prohibited object by a prison inmate; Eastern District of
Arkansas Sentence: 1. 262 months' imprisonment; five years’ supervised release
(February 11, 2001) 2. Seven months' imprisonment (consecutive) (January 5, 2012) Commutation Grant:
Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 22, 2017.
Marco Strickland –
Detroit, MI Offense: Attempted possession with intent to distribute a
controlled substance; Eastern District of Michigan Sentence: Life imprisonment
(October 24, 2007) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to 168 months'
imprisonment.
Tony Taylor – Dunn, NC Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50
grams or more of cocaine base (crack); distribution and possession with intent
to distribute more than five grams of cocaine base (crack) (five counts);
distribution and possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of
cocaine base (crack); Eastern District of North Carolina Sentence: Life
imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (December 4, 2007) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 293 months' imprisonment.
Deborah Theeler –
Sioux City, IA Offense: Conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of
methamphetamine mixture and 50 grams or more of actual (pure) methamphetamine
following two prior felony convictions; Northern District of Iowa Sentence: 240
months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (September 18, 2007) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned
upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Damarlon Cenaka Thomas
– Saginaw, MI Offense: Distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base;
Eastern District of Michigan Sentence: 230 months' imprisonment; eight years'
supervised release (November 20, 2008) Commutation Grant:
Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 22, 2017.
Dexter Bert Tyson –
Orlando, FL Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to
distribute a mixture containing cocaine base and a mixture containing cocaine;
possession with intent to distribute a mixture containing cocaine base and
cocaine, aiding and abetting; possession with intent to distribute a mixture
containing cocaine, aiding and abetting (two counts); possession of a firearm
with an obliterated serial number in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime,
aiding and abetting; possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number,
aiding and abetting, felon in possession of a firearm; felon in possession of ammunition;
District of Maryland Sentence: Life plus 60 months' imprisonment; 10 years'
supervised release (January 13, 2006) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence
commuted to a term of 300 months' imprisonment.
Lavan Maurice Walker –
Miami, FL Offense: Possession with intent to distribute a detectable amount of
heroin (two counts); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug
trafficking crime; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; Southern
District of Florida Sentence: 420 months' imprisonment; six years' supervised
release (March 9, 2004) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire
on March 22, 2017.
Jamie Warfield – Cape
Girardeau, MO Offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (two
counts); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime;
Eastern District of Missouri Sentence: 180 months' imprisonment; eight
years' supervised release (July 20, 2005) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence
commuted to expire on May 21, 2017
Lamar Webster –
Concord, CA Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute
methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine; money
laundering conspiracy; money laundering; District of Montana Sentence: Life
imprisonment (April 17, 2009) Commutation Grant:
Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment, conditioned
upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Sterling Kenneth
Westberry – Pensacola, FL Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to
distribute cocaine and cocaine base; Northern District of Florida Sentence: Life
imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (September 15, 1998) Commutation
Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 22, 2017.
Travis L. Wilken –
Midvale, UT Offense: Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of
actual methamphetamine; District of Utah Sentence: 235 months' imprisonment;
eight years' supervised release (February 2, 2006) Commutation Grant: Prison
sentence commuted to expire on November 22, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment
in residential drug treatment.
Derrick Maurice
Williams – Durham, NC Offense: Possessed with intent to distribute cocaine base
(crack); Middle District of North Carolina Sentence: 262 months' imprisonment;
five years' supervised release (November 2, 2000) Commutation Grant: Prison
sentence commuted to expire on May 21, 2017.
Jacobi Lamont Williams
– Greensboro, NC Offense: Distributed cocaine base (crack); Middle District of
North Carolina Sentence: 262 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised
release (August 24, 2006) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term
of 188 months' imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug
treatment.
Nelson Williams –
Hammond, LA Offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (two
counts); distribution of cocaine base; possession of a firearm in furtherance
of a drug trafficking crime; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon;
Eastern District of Louisiana Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; eight years'
supervised release (July 21, 2004) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted
to expire on March 22, 2017.
Darvell D. York –
Chicago, IL Offense: Delivery of a controlled substance; Northern District of
Illinois Sentence: 360 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release
(January 8, 2007) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term
of 240 months' imprisonment.
Myron Young –
Louisville, KY Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine
base; Western District of Kentucky Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years'
supervised release (July 20, 2010) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted
to a term of 240 months' imprisonment.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/president-obama-grants-commutations-9
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