Person
Ryan LaLone
Diesel Freak LLC
Overview
Federal criminal defendant in the Western District of Michigan. Sentenced February 23, 2024 to one year probation and a $7,500 fine for violation of the Clean Air Act. Included among the pardon recipients in the official clemency record.
Verified facts
- Organization
- Diesel Freak LLC
- Role
- Diesel Freak — federal criminal defendant, pardoned
- District
- Western District of Michigan
- Offense
- Violation of the Clean Air Act
- Charge date
- Not yet documented
- Plea date
- Not yet documented
- Sentencing date
- 2024-02-23
- Pardon date
- Not yet documented
- Sentence
- One year probation; $7,500 fine
Connected evidence
Organizations
Associated with · OrganizationVerified reporting
Diesel Freak LLCPrincipal of Diesel Freak LLC.
Cases
Defendant in · CaseVerified reporting
U.S. v. Diesel Freak LLC / LaLone — federal criminal prosecutionReported federal criminal prosecution of Diesel Freak LLC and its principals. Date not yet documented.Individual defendant.
Pardoned by · PardonVerified reporting
Ryan and Wade LaLone — presidential pardons (2026)Included in the 2026 presidential clemency action affecting identified diesel defeat-device defendants.Individual presidential pardon (does not extend to Diesel Freak LLC as a corporate entity).
Articles
Discussed in · ArticleVerified reporting
EPA's war on diesel is a national security issueFreightWaves · 2026-07-10Referenced among pardon recipients discussed in the FreightWaves national-security piece.
Profile
Ryan Reginald LaLone was sentenced in the Western District of Michigan on February 23, 2024 to one year probation and a $7,500 fine for violation of the Clean Air Act. He appears on the November 7, 2025 clemency list.
The corporate co-defendant Diesel Freak LLC, sentenced the same day to five years probation and a $750,000 fine, is a distinct legal person. No pardon warrant naming Diesel Freak LLC has been located.