NYDN Reports: President Obama has granted the following five pardons and one commutation.
PARDONS:
Lesley Claywood Berry Jr. - Loretto, Ky. Offense: Conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute, and distribute marijuana. Sentence: District of Minnesota; three years in prison.
Dennis George Bulin – Wesley Chapel, Fla. Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 pounds of marijuana. Sentence: Middle District of Alabama; five years of probation and $20,000 fine.
Ricky Dale Collett – Annville, Ky. Offense: Aiding and abetting in the manufacture of 61 marijuana plants. Sentence: Eastern District of Kentucky; one year of probation conditioned on 60 days of home detention.
Martin Kaprelian – Park Ridge, Ill. Offense: Conspiracy to transport stolen property in interstate commerce; transporting stolen property in interstate commerce; concealing stolen property that was transported in interstate commerce. Sentence: Northern District of Illinois; nine years in prison, five years of probation.
Thomas Paul Ledford – Jonesborough, Tenn. Offense: Conducting and directing an illegal gambling business. Eastern District of Tennessee; one year of probation conditioned on performance of 100 hours of community service.
COMMUTATION: Eugenia Marie Jennings – Alton, Ill. Offense: Distribution of cocaine base. Southern District of Illinois; 262 months in prison, eight years of supervised release, $1,750 fine. Terms of commutation: Prison sentence to expire on Dec. 21, 2011, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.
