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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 30, 2016
President Obama Grants Commutations
WASHINGTON, D.C. On March 30, 2016, President Barack Obama granted
commutation of sentence to 61 individuals.
The President granted commutations of sentence to the following 61 individuals:

Henry Claude Agnew Miami, FL

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of
cocaine base; Southern District of Florida
Sentence: 262 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (November
24, 2003)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

David Lang Akana Pahala, HI

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute
methamphetamine and cocaine; attempt to possess with intent to distribute
methamphetamine; attempt to possess with intent to distribute cocaine;
possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine; District of Hawaii
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (February 15,
2006)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Robert Anthony Anderson Louisville, KY

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine; attempt to
possess with intent to distribute cocaine, aiding and abetting; Western District of
Kentucky
Sentence: Life imprisonment (August 8, 1994)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 30, 2017.

Marvin Bailey Hollywood, FL

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine
and cocaine base; aiding the travel in interstate commerce to promote the
distribution of cocaine; possession with intent to distribute cocaine; Southern

District of West Virginia

Sentence: Life imprisonment; $25,000 fine (June 19, 1997)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 30, 2017, and
unpaid balance of the $25,000 fine remitted.

Bernard Beard Compton, CA

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, heroin, and
phencyclidine (PCP); felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition; Central
District of California
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (May 22,
2009)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Reginald Wendell Boyd, Jr. Greensboro, NC

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine hydrochloride; carry a firearm during
and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; Middle District of North Carolina
Sentence: 180 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (October 31,
2005)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Carmel Bretous Miami, FL

Offense: Conspiracy to import at least five kilograms of cocaine; importation of
five kilograms of cocaine; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five
kilograms of cocaine; possession with intent to distribute five kilograms of
cocaine; Southern District of Florida
Sentence: 235 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (November 6,
2001)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Terry Brown St. Louis, MO

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and
phencyclidine (PCP); Eastern District of Missouri
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (July 7, 2005)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Willie Chevell Cameron Panama City Beach, FL

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, a mixture and

substance containing cocaine, more than 50 grams of methamphetamine (actual)

and more than 50 grams of a mixture and substance containing
methamphetamine; Northern District of Florida
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (June 14, 2006)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Nathan Carter Memphis, TN

Offense:
1. Possession of 121 grams cocaine with intent to distribute;
possession of
65.8 grams cocaine base with intent to distribute; Western District
of Tennessee
2. Supervised release violation (attempted possession with intent to
distribute cocaine); Western District of Tennessee
Sentence:
1. Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (April 30, 1999)
2. 30 months' imprisonment; 18 months' supervised release; $10,000
fine (May 5, 1999)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence for both offenses commuted to expire on
July 28, 2016.

Lewis Clay College Park, GA

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute and the distribution of at least 50
grams of crack cocaine; possession of cocaine; Northern District of Georgia
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (May 1, 2003)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Manuel Colon Springfield, MA

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base,
and heroin; possession with intent to distribute cocaine; District of Massachusetts
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (January 25,
2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Alvin Cordell Cincinnati, OH

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana; attempt to possess with
intent to distribute cocaine base (crack); Southern District of Ohio
Sentence: Life imprisonment; $50,000 fine (May 5, 1997)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 30, 2017, and
unpaid balance of the $50,000 fine remitted

Kevin County New Orleans, LA

Offense:
1. Distributing more than 100 grams of heroin; distributing less than
100
grams of heroin (two counts); Eastern District of Louisiana
2. Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base and cocaine hydrochloride,
distribution of cocaine base, distribution of cocaine hydrochloride,
use of a communication facility in furtherance of a drug crime;
Eastern District of Louisiana
Sentence:
1. 151 months' imprisonment; six years supervised release
(December 18, 2002)
2. 240 months' imprisonment (concurrent); 10 years' supervised
release (March 26, 2003)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Nabar Moneek Criam Brooklyn, NY

Offense: Possessed with intent to distribute crack; possessed firearms during
trafficking crime; Middle District of North Carolina
Sentence: 180 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (March 30,
2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Amos Embress Cyrus Hemingway, SC

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of
cocaine base; supervised release violation (Conspiracy to possess with intent to
distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine); District of South
Carolina
Sentence: 300 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (June 21,
1996)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Roy Lee Debose Shreveport, LA

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of
cocaine hydrochloride; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams
or more of cocaine base; Western District of Louisiana
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (September 18,
2000)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Dexter Lanoyd Dickens Panama City, FL

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five
kilograms or more of a mixture or substance containing cocaine; distribution of a
mixture or substance containing cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school (four
counts); principal to distribution and possession with intent to distribute a
mixture or substance containing cocaine; distribution and possession with intent
to distribute a mixture or substance containing cocaine; possession with intent to
distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing cocaine;
Northern District of Florida
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (December 17, 2004)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Andre Ester Houston, TX

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; aiding and
abetting the possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; Southern District of
Texas
Sentence: 300 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (October 25,
2002)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Christopher Tim Florence Chapel Hill, NC

Offense: Possessed with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack); Middle District
of North Carolina
Sentence: 268 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (August 9,
2005)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Ian Kavanaugh Gavin Eight Mile, AL

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine; using/carrying a
firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense; Southern District of Alabama
Sentence: 180 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (March 8,
2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016, and
supervised release term commuted to four years of supervised release.

Isadore Gennings Cincinnati, OH

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine; interstate travel in aid of racketeering
enterprises; possession with intent to distribute in excess of five kilograms of
cocaine; Southern District of Ohio
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (March 14,
2002)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016, and
supervised release term commuted to five years of supervised release.

Lamont Durville Glass Knoxville, TN

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; felon in possession of a
firearm; Eastern District of Tennessee
Sentence: 262 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (January 9,
1998)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Vander Keith Gore Little River, SC

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 50
grams or more of cocaine base, five kilograms or more of cocaine, 50 kilograms
or more of marijuana, and less than 100 grams of heroin; District of South
Carolina
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (October 30,
2002)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

George Michael Gray Springfield, OR

Offense: Conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute
methamphetamine; manufacture of methamphetamine; possession with intent to
distribute methamphetamine; possession of firearm in connection with drug
trafficking offense; District of Oregon
Sentence: Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (July 3, 1995)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Curtis Greer Rosenberg, TX

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a
mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base;
possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of a mixture and

substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base (two counts); Southern

District of Texas
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $5,000 fine (August 21,
2003)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016, and
unpaid balance of the $5,000 fine remitted.

Jerome Harris, Jr. Mobile, AL

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine; possession with intent
to distribute cocaine; use/carry/possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug
trafficking crime; Southern District of Alabama
Sentence: 300 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (November 7,
2006)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Vernon Harris Philadelphia, PA

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute; possession of firearm by convicted
felon; Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (October 25, 1996)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Kenneth G. Harvey Los Angeles, CA

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base;
Western District of Missouri
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $10,000 fine (April 5,
1991)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Andrew Lee Holzendorf South Bay, FL

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; Northern
District of Florida
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (November 14, 1996)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Tommy Howard Cincinnati, OH

Offense: Use of a firearm during the commission of a drug trafficking offense;
Southern District of Ohio

Sentence: 292 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $1,000 fine
(January 8, 2004)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Kenneth Isaacs Little Rock, AR

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute hydromorphone; Eastern
District of Arkansas
Sentence: 180 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release (May 6,
2004)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Robert Lee Lane Bradenton, FL

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base;
Middle District of Florida
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (May 3, 1990)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Angela LaPlatney Casper, WY

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute
methamphetamine; concealing a person from arrest; District of Wyoming
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $1,000 fine
(February 17, 2005)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Anthony Lee Lewis Tampa, FL

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack
cocaine; distribution of crack cocaine; possession with intent to distribute crack
cocaine; convicted felon in possession of a firearm; possession with intent to
distribute cocaine; Middle District of Florida
Sentence: Life imprisonment (September 16, 1994)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 30, 2017.

Herbert Lewis, Jr. Okmulgee, OK

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine (two counts); Eastern
District of Oklahoma
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $2,500 fine
(March 7, 2003)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016, and
unpaid balance of the $2,500 fine remitted.

Byron Lamont McDade Bowie, MD

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, aiding and
abetting; District of Columbia
Sentence: 324 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (May 29,
2002)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

John E. Milton, III Baton Rouge, LA

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of
cocaine and cocaine base; Middle District of Louisiana
Sentence: 600 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $250,000 fine
(April 3, 1997)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016, and
unpaid balance of the $250,000 fine remitted.

Gregory Morgan Jonesboro, GA

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; Northern
District of Georgia
Sentence: 225 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (March 11,
2003)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Michael W. Morris Fort Worth , TX

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute "crack" cocaine base;
Southern District of Indiana
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (December 24,
2003)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016, and
supervised release term commuted to five years of supervised release.

Larry Nokes Quincy, IL

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute controlled substances; possession of a
controlled substance; Central District of Illinois
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (December 10, 2007)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Wayne Parker Miami, FL

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base; Northern District of
Florida
Sentence: 420 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $1,500 fine
(November 23, 1999); amended to 360 months' imprisonment; six years
supervised release; $1,500 fine (March 8, 2001)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Exdonovan Peak Brooklyn, NY

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine; Southern
District of Mississippi
Sentence: 365 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $12,000 fine
(February 13, 1997)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016, and
unpaid balance of the $12,000 fine remitted.

Carol Denise Richardson Texas City, TX

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of
cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine
base (incorrectly described in the judgment as cocaine); possession with intent to
distribute five grams or more of cocaine base; Southern District of Texas
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (June 16, 2006)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Jose Ramon Rivera Chicago, IL

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin; distribution of
heroin (two counts); Northern District of Illinois
Sentence: 360 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (November 10,
1993)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Ismael Rosa Chicago, IL

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute multiple kilograms of cocaine (four counts); use
of communication facility in commission of drug offense (two counts); Northern

District of Illinois
Sentence: Life imprisonment (August 8, 1995)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on March 30, 2017.

Melissa Ross Daytona Beach, FL

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute five
kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride and 50 grams or more of cocaine
base; Middle District of Florida
Sentence: 292 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $4,000 fine
(June 11, 2002); amended to 240 months' imprisonment (January 17, 2009)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016, and
unpaid balance of the $4,000 fine remitted.

Jeffrey Sapp Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine; possess
with intent to distribute crack cocaine; Southern District of Florida
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (January 24,
2003)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Robin Evette Shoulders Louisville, KY

Offense: Possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base;
possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine; Western District
of Kentucky
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (December 16,
2002)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 26, 2016.

Eric Smith Memphis, TN

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; unlawfully
maintaining a residence for the purpose of distributing and using cocaine base;
Western District of Tennessee
Sentence: 360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (April 24,
1995)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Ernest Spiller East St. Louis, IL

Offense: Distribution of crack cocaine (two counts); maintaining a crack house;
possession of a firearm in further of a drug trafficking crime; felon in possession
of a firearm; Southern District of Illinois
Sentence: 352 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release; $1,000 fine
(August 3, 2000)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Tairone Traniel Stanford Buna, TX

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a Schedule II controlled
substance - cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute a Schedule II
controlled substance - cocaine base; Eastern District of Texas
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (April 22, 1999)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Alohondra Rey Staton Greenville, NC

Offense: Possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base (crack); Eastern
District of North Carolina
Sentence: 360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (August 21,
2001)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Corey R. Thomas St. Louis, MO

Offense: Possession with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine
base ("crack"); Eastern District of Missouri
Sentence: Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (June 9, 2004)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Damion L. Tripp Poplar Bluff, MO

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute a substance containing 50 grams or
more of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute a substance containing
a detectable amount of marijuana; Eastern District of Missouri
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (April 28, 2008)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Dwayne Twane Walker Charlottesville, VA

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base; Western District of Virginia

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $500 fine (May 27,
1997)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Jesse Webster Chicago, IL

Offense: Conspiracy; attempting to possess with intent to distribute cocaine
(incorrectly listed on the judgment as conspiracy); filing false income tax return
(two counts); Northern District of Illinois
Sentence: Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $25,000 fine (March
21, 1996)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 26, 2016,
and balance of the $25,000 fine remitted.

Shermaine Donnell Whitley Charleston, SC

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of
cocaine and cocaine base (crack); District of South Carolina
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (May 1, 2003)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Sammy Lee Woods Aurora, CO

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 or more
grams of cocaine base, aiding and abetting; use of a communications facility to
possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, aiding and abetting; possession
with intent to distribute 1.062 grams of cocaine base, aiding and abetting; District
of Colorado
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (April 21, 2004)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Christopher Michael Wright Elmira, OR

Offense: Conspiracy to manufacture and distribute 500 grams or more of
methamphetamine; District of Oregon
Sentence: 216 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $5,000
restitution (May 31, 2006)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.

Michael A. Yandal Murray, KY

Offense: Possession with the intent to distribute approximately 50 grams or more

of a mixture or substance containing cocaine base; possession with the intent to

distribute marijuana; possession of a firearm in the furtherance of a drug
trafficking crime; Western District of Kentucky
Sentence: 195 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (April 24,
2007); amended to 180 months' imprisonment (December 11, 2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 28, 2016.