Man who had prison sentence commuted by Biden now facing drug, firearms-related charges

A convicted transgression whose situation condemnation was commuted by erstwhile President Joe Biden is backmost down bars.

Willie Frank Peterson, 52, was convicted of conspiracy to administer cocaine successful 2023, and was sentenced to six years and 3 months successful jail. His condemnation began connected Sept. 13, 2023, according to tribunal records obtained by Fox News Digital.

Per a Jan. 17 enforcement assistance of clemency, Biden commuted Peterson's condemnation to 20 months, allowing him to permission custody soon after.

But connected Monday, Peterson was booked for aggregate drug-related offensives successful Dothan, Alabama. The Dothan Police Department charged Peterson with 2 counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance and 1 number of possession of marijuana. 

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Willie Frank Peterson, whose situation condemnation was commuted by erstwhile President Biden successful January, was arrested for aggregate offenses connected Monday. (Dothan Police Department / Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Peterson was besides arrested for possession of cause paraphernalia and 3 firearms-related offenses, per constabulary records.

In the last days of his presidency, Biden showed important leniency with the fig of criminals whose sentences helium commuted. He boasted astir completing the "largest single-day assistance of clemency" connected Dec. 12, erstwhile helium commuted sentences for 1,500 radical and pardoned 39 others.

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Willie Frank Peterson is accused of possessing a controlled substance, positive marijuana, successful summation to different charges. (Dothan Police Department)

On Jan. 17, helium commuted the sentences of astir 2,500 inmates, chiefly those convicted of non-violent cause offenses. 

"Today’s clemency enactment provides alleviation for individuals who received lengthy sentences based connected discredited distinctions betwixt ace and pulverization cocaine, arsenic good arsenic outdated sentencing enhancements for cause crimes," Biden said astatine the time.

"With this action, I person present issued much idiosyncratic pardons and commutations than immoderate president successful U.S. history."

President Biden delivers his farewell code to the federation from the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, D.C., Jan. 15. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via Reuters)

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Fox News Digital reached retired to the Dothan Police Department for much information. 

Fox News Digital's Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.