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Presidential commutations include 14 from Missouri, one from KCK

White House LogoPresident Barack Obama on Wednesday commuted the sentences of 214 people serving prison time for federal crime convictions.

Among them were five from the Kansas City area, five from St Louis, and five from elsewhere in Missouri.

The information below was collected from the Web site of the White House press office.
(Click here for the entire list)

Annette Maria Canania – DeSoto, MO
Offense: Conspiracy to possess pseudoephedrine knowing it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine; possession of pseudoephedrine knowing it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine (two counts); Eastern District of Missouri
Sentence: 240 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (December 22, 2006); amended to 210 months’ imprisonment (April 27, 2015)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Lavon A. Crockett – Kansas City, KS
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base (“crack cocaine”); District of Kansas
Sentence: 188 months’ imprisonment; four years’ supervised release (December 6, 2005)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016.

Richard Lawrence Davis – St. Louis, MO
Offense:
1. Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; Eastern District of Missouri
2. Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; Eastern District of Missouri
Sentence: 1. 240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (June 15, 2004)
2. 93 months’ imprisonment (concurrent) (March 4, 2005); amended to 75 months’ imprisonment (November 18, 2011)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016.

Charles Franklin – St. Louis, MO
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute over 50 grams of cocaine base (crack); possession with the intent to distribute heroin; possession with intent to distribute cocaine; Eastern District of Missouri
Sentence: 240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (July 7, 2000)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016.

Michael L. Franklin – Kansas City, MO
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; Western District of Missouri
Sentence: 240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (January 3, 2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016.

Thomas R. Fuller – Kansas City, MO
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine; aiding and abetting to distribute crack cocaine; possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine; possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime; felon in possession of a firearm; Western District of Missouri
Sentence: 300 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (August 7, 2003)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016.

Randy P. Green – Sikeston, MO
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine; Eastern District of Missouri
Sentence: 240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (November 7, 2006)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016.

Marcell Hogans – St. Louis, MO
Offense: Distribution of cocaine base; Eastern District of Missouri
Sentence: 168 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (August 21, 2008)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Frederico Johnson – Kansas City, MO
Offense: Distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base; Western District of Missouri
Sentence: 262 months’ imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release (July 23, 2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months’ imprisonment.

Reba L. McIntyre – Hayti, MO
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base; Eastern District of Missouri
Sentence: 262 months’ imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release (June 26, 2000)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016.

Candido Ortiz-Martinez – Pagedale, MO
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine; possession of firearm during the commission of a drug trafficking crime (two counts); distribution of cocaine; Eastern District of Missouri
Sentence: 592 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (December 12, 1991); amended to 535 months’ imprisonment (March 30, 2015)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016.

Lonnie Dwayne Payne – St. Louis, MO
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine; interstate transportation of a firearm by a felon; Eastern District of Missouri
Sentence: 324 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (September 25, 2003); amended to 240 months’ imprisonment (April 21, 2005)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016.

Richard L. Reser – Sedgwick, KS
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine; possession of firearm while trafficking in drugs (two counts); possession of a firearm by a felon; distribution of methamphetamine; conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine; District of Kansas
Sentence: 480 months’ imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release (December 20, 1989)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016.

Noriel K. Snider – St. Louis, MO
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; Eastern District of Missouri
Sentence: 196 months’ imprisonment; four years’ supervised release (June 8, 2005)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016.

Damion M. Wilson – Caruthersville, MO
Offense: Distribution of five grams or more of a substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base; Eastern District of Missouri
Sentence: 188 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (March 19, 2008)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016.

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