Alexandr Shestak, 54, was originally charged with two felony counts of possession of dangerous drugs and one misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop in the Eureka area in the summer of 2022.
At his Feb. 13 hearing, Shestak said he thought the pills he had in possession were oxycodone, but they were in fact, fentanyl. He was sentenced to three years, deferred.
#FreeRealityWinner: Behind the Growing Push to Pardon an Imprisoned Air Force Vet
FILE- In this June 26, 2018 file photo, Reality Winner walks into the Federal Courthouse in Augusta, Ga. (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP, File)
14 Mar 2021
Just hours after President Joe Biden took the oath of office on Jan. 20, newly minted White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki fired off a tweet soliciting questions from the American public.
Halfway across the country, Billie Winner-Davis responded with a question she had asked former President Donald Trump for years: Would the president release her daughter from prison?
Reality Winner, a former U.S. Air Force language analyst, is serving a 63-month sentence at a Fort Worth, Texas, federal prison after pleading guilty to leaking classified National Security Agency information on Russia s alleged efforts to undermine the 2016 election a topic that has dominated national discourse and brought to light the challenges of safeguarding