President Obama has granted pardons to 17 people, the White House announced Friday.
One of the men pardoned on Friday was convicted of possession of an unregistered firearm. This, of course, comes as the White House pushes for strict gun control legislation.
Larry Wayne Thornton of Forsyth, Ga., was reportedly sentenced to four years of probation for “possession of an unregistered firearm” as well as “possession of a firearm without a serial number.”
This is the third batch of pardons Obama has issued since taking office in 2008. Some of the other offenses include cocaine possession, food stamp fraud, conspiracy to defraud the Immigration and Naturalization Service and even stealing cable television signals.
Here’s the full list of names, as prepared by the White House:
Robert Leroy Bebee — Rockville, Maryland.
Offense: Misprision (concealment) of a felony.
Sentence: Two years probation.
James Anthony Bordinaro — Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Offenses: Conspiracy to restrain, suppress, and eliminate competition in violation of the Sherman Act; conspiracy to submit false statements..
Sentence: 12 months imprisonment, three years supervised release and a $55,000 fine.
Kelli Elisabeth Collins — Harrison, Arkansas.
Offense: Aiding and abetting a wire fraud..
Sentence: Five years probation.
Edwin Hardy Futch, Jr. — Pembroke, Georgia.
Offense: Theft from an interstate shipment.
Sentence: Five years probation, $2,399.72 restitution.
Cindy Marie Griffith — Moyock, North Carolina.
Offense: Distribution of satellite cable television decryption devices.
Sentence: Two years probation with 100 hours of community service.
Roy Eugene Grimes, Sr. — Athens, Tennessee.
Offenses: Falsely altering a United States postal money order, uttering, and publishing a forged and altered money order with intent to defraud.
Sentence: 18 months probation.
Jon Christopher Kozeliski — Decatur, Illinois.
Offense: Conspiracy to traffic counterfeit goods.
Sentence: One year of probation with six months of home confinement, $10,000 fine.
Jimmy Ray Mattison — Anderson, South Carolina.
Offenses: Conspiracy to transport and cause the transportation of altered securities in interstate commerce,; transporting and causing the transportation of altered securities in interstate commerce.
Sentence: Three years probation.
An Na Peng — Honolulu, Hawaii.
Offense: Conspiracy to defraud the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Sentence: Two years probation, $2,000 fine.
Michael John Petri — Montrose, South Dakota.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of a controlled substance (cocaine).
Sentence: Five years imprisonment, three years supervised release.
Karen Alicia Ragee — Decatur, Illinois.
Offense: Conspiracy to traffic counterfeit goods.
Sentence: One year of probation with six months of home confinement, $2,500 fine.
Jamari Salleh — Alexandria, Virginia.
Offense: False claims upon and against the United States.
Sentence: Four years probation, $5,000 fine, $5,900 restitution.
Alfor Sharkey — Omaha, Nebraska.
Offense: Unauthorized acquisition of food stamps.
Sentence: Three years probation with 100 hours of community service, $2,750 restitution.
Donald Barrie Simon, Jr.– Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Offense: Aiding and abetting in the theft of an interstate shipment.
Sentence: Two years imprisonment, three years probation.
Lynn Marie Stanek — Tualatin, Oregon.
Offense: Unlawful use of a communication facility to distribute cocaine.
Sentence: Six months in jail, five years probation conditioned on residence in a community treatment center for a period not to exceed one year.
Larry Wayne Thornton — Forsyth, Georgia.
Offense: Possession of an unregistered firearm; possession of a firearm without a serial number.
Sentence: Four years probation.
Donna Kaye Wright — Friendship, Tennessee.
Offense: Embezzlement and misapplication of bank funds.
Sentence: 54 days imprisonment, three years probation conditioned on performance of six hours of community service per week.
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(H/T: Fox Nation)





















































































































Comments (86)
CascoBay
Mar. 1, 2013 at 10:08pmNotice how this kind of stuff gets done on a Friday when nobody is watching.
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crackerone
Mar. 1, 2013 at 10:30pmHe forgot uncle Onyango.
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G-WHIZ
Mar. 2, 2013 at 9:25amHOW’BOUT THE BLIND SHEIK?! What happened in all those 3000+EXEC/ORDERS?? Becha they ALL ARE COMMIE/DEMS!!
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CascoBay
Mar. 1, 2013 at 10:06pmCream of the Obama voting crop. Obama is kinda like that little turd that floats in the john and won’t go down no matter how many times you flush it.
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Stoic one
Mar. 2, 2013 at 12:15amThat happens with a heavy rain- turds just won’t go.. ’till the water table lowers.
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circleDwagons
Mar. 2, 2013 at 12:27amMeet obamas new staff
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BSdetector
Mar. 2, 2013 at 7:52amThe only thing that will lower the water table for this turd is a Treason trial with a fancy little gallows.
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RobbieTLHughie
Mar. 2, 2013 at 1:56pmOooOoooh yeah, big spooky Obama pardoning criminals. This is unprecedented right, guys? RIGHT!?
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Coonrapids
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:51pmMy black brother by another mother must be forced, driven removed from office. He is USELESS.
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ProPatriaVigilans
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:41pmCriminals get pardoned, Illegal Aliens get set free, Losers get welfare, senior citizens who failed to prepare for their future get medicre, uneducated losers who can’t earn enough get medicade, what do those of us that did what society asked of us and got educated, learned a trade, work day in and day out, pay our bills, and raise our children, what do we get, why should I keep doing this, I get nothing but a bill from our government, the harder I work the more money I make, the larger the bill is. Well I quit, I’m done, no more, I refuse to work any further. You losers get no more from me, no more income taxes, no more charity, no more mr. nice guy, you can take care of me now, I’m only 45 so maybe, just maybe I can get back some of what I paid in before I’m done with this life
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civilwarcometh
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:56pmhttp://weaselzippers.us/2013/03/01/janet-napolitano-now-saying-release-of-illegal-aliens-from-detention-centers-was-too-quick/
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Stoic one
Mar. 2, 2013 at 12:24amI certainly hope naptanlano did not breed…
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NoSleeper
Mar. 2, 2013 at 5:07amAMEN! I have thought the same thing myself…but I suspect the choice will be gone in the next year or so and we will all be in the same boat anyway…
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TSUNAMI_22
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:41pmGo ahead and overwhelm the system. Add another 17 to the 2,000+ illegal aliens they just let go a few days ago and the 3,000 they plan on releasing in the near future.
I need the target practice.
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GardenoftheGods
Mar. 2, 2013 at 2:17pmSadly there’s little ammo available for us to use during target practice; I’d love to use these illegals as targets; but according to DHS it’s pregnant white women & all white people in general who are today’s targets for the US govt.
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AUsername
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:40pmFree patriot Bradley Manning he exposed evil murderers murdering people that should be Nuremberg for their crimes.
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RightThinking1
Mar. 1, 2013 at 10:00pmDon’t sweat Ausername, O. will pardon him on his last day…, you know, like Clinton did Marc Rich.
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Saarebas
Mar. 3, 2013 at 7:21amThat would require him being convicted. His hearing was over a year ago, the fact he hasn’t received a conviction yet (court martial hearings and convictions only take about 2 months usually) means he won’t until at least the end of Obama’s term, he’s being held as a political prisoner.
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yougottabekidding
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:39pmAny pictures of these people? This is public info
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crueltiming
Mar. 1, 2013 at 11:23pmwhere are the mugshots?Just did a search and can’t find pictures anywhere–the whole thing smells- just like everything else coming out of DC
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sparkyrules
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:21pmWe can assume that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be next.
Barack Hussein Obama is a traitor to the USA and needs to be impeached.
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neverending
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:42pmSomething we can only dream of.
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FloraBelleza
Mar. 2, 2013 at 2:21amI willy don’t think that going to take long.
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700P
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:20pmUnfortunately Bradley Manning was not yet convicted, otherwise his fruity @ss would be on this list as well (“political” prisoner)
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Recceman90
Mar. 1, 2013 at 10:59pmHe knows too much about this Admin, he will never go to trial!
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barber2
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:15pmObama welcomes illegals and their votes so why should we be surprised if he pardons felon ? He probably considers them all victims of ” discrimination .” The man comes from the twisted mind set of anti-American , Marxist mentors.
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Stelex
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:14pmYou are a sad pathetic little man…..
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barber2
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:07pmPardon law breakers and Blame the Republicans. Yes. Sounds normal for the Chicago radicals.
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Walkabout
Mar. 2, 2013 at 9:45amHe is pardoning stupid people, whose parents have means(?).
Some of these sentences are probation. Probation is not the same as prison. It has crossed my mind that some of these people cannot be bothered with probation.
Maybe they want to move out of state for a real job & it prevents them. But if it is not that then they just don’t want to be reminded of their crime. Maybe they should be so they are not wont to do it again.
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HOOT_OWL
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:06pmThis is disgusting knowing there is a Navy Vet. out there who served his country and had his gun-rights stripped ,because of a incident that happened over 40 year ago and probably read this story .What a kick in the gut.
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barber2
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:06pmIs this something new ? I was only aware of presidents pardoning people at the end of their term in office.
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civilwarcometh
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:44pmBARBER: That’s what i thought to. What the heck is going on??
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katzkiner
Mar. 1, 2013 at 10:37pmAssembling the Civilian Defense Forces.
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SpyvsSpy
Mar. 2, 2013 at 11:09pmSpot on ..When in the history of the U.S. Early voting??????????????
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Saarebas
Mar. 3, 2013 at 7:25amThe president has the legal power and authority to, at any point in his administration, grant a pardon to any individual for any crime, as codified in the constitution. Most only do it in the last few days of their last term of office because they’re afraid of not getting reelected. O is probably doing it for PR.
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Nuclear Bumpkin
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:05pmTwo things. First: the crimes besides the firearm possession are much more concerning, though I guess making that one the headline does illustrate the hypocrisy. Second: Presidential pardon for a sentence of probation? Seriously?
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high school drop out
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:04pmHmmm This ones got me thinking…How did these pardons get to the prez, in the first place? Friends of contributors or what? I’ll be happy to hear from anyone who could shed some light
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theBru
Mar. 1, 2013 at 10:00pmHappens all the time, but apparently you understand pretty good what is going on…you hit the nail on the head, friend of a friend of a friend…
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crackerone
Mar. 1, 2013 at 10:42pmAny friend at a bathhouse is a friend of a friend of a friend.
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Contrarian51
Mar. 2, 2013 at 12:53amBut these all sound like a bunch of small fry who would barely have the connections to get a ride to the Salvation Army, much less the attention of the President of the United States or his staff.
Perhaps the presidency has become as devalued as the dollar.
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catty
Mar. 2, 2013 at 11:59amThey apply for them themselves
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Tri-ox
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:04pmUpcoming pardons on obama’s list …
- muslim terrorist, sworn enemy of the U.S., “The Blind Sheikh” Omar Abdel-Rahman
- cop killer, Leonard Peltier
- cop killer, Black Panther, Mumia Abu-Jamal
- all incarcerated illegals aliens
The list is endless – obama has only just begun.
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RIDEMODELS
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:00pmLet the new Voters go free……Very nice that all the mothers out there have new child molesters to worry about….Very nice Mr. Civility.!!!
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1956
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:59pmOur Traitor in Chief, head of the new and improved La Cosa Nostra – libturd-style.
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DougHuffman
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:57pm“Larry Wayne Thornton of Forsyth, Ga., was reportedly sentenced to four years of probation for “possession of an unregistered firearm” …
Georgia does not and has not that I know ever required gun registration.
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Fubared
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:10pmSemantics with anything without a serial number probably. Used to be a big no no. Now, not so much. Coke heads and frauds too.
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banjarmon
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:54pmIt would be nice if the treason for the one in the WH office was granted after he is hanged!
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sparkyrules
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:54pmPresidents only do this at the END of their Administrations.With careful thought.Why the King Obama would pardon these people ‘out of the blue’ is beyond me.
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tnman65
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:54pmI wonder if all of these people are democrats?
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RIDEMODELS
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:03pmThey are now…..Hope they move to Colorado and grow weed 4eva…..I dont think it is a demand that you Pardon people, its just a nice gesture….Non of these people seem nice.
I would expect nothing more from a Dictator and now that we have one, how do we keep our kids safe?
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tnman65
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:21pmWell, I see Tennessee was well represented with some low-life’s. Colorado would be a good place for them or maybe New York. Regardless, we don’t want them back. I wonder what the race these fine people are?
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Tigress1
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:53pmOh what the heck. Just let EVERYBODY out of prison!
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1956
Mar. 1, 2013 at 9:02pmIsn’t that the plan for the sequester? Oh, they already started that with the illegal
aliens, haven’t they. Well, prisons are next…
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Stelex
Mar. 1, 2013 at 8:52pm:Hey, he’s gotta give the frat brothers a nod…………..
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