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A Florida man who had his prison sentence commuted by former president Joe Biden has been arrested again on state-level charges related to the same crime, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Friday, in an ongoing effort to undo what he described as the former president\u2019s excessive use of clemency.<\/p>\n

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James Dobbs Jr., 48, of Cocoa Beach, had been sentenced in 2024 to seven years in federal prison on three counts of distributing a controlled substance as part of a plea agreement, court records show. Last January, Biden commuted his sentence to 20 months as part of a series of clemency actions that included multiple other Florida residents.<\/p>\n

Over the months since he was released from prison, Dobbs had sought to turn his life around, family members told the South Florida Sun Sentinel on Friday. He had gotten married and took a job working at McDonald\u2019s. Then, on Thursday morning, Dobbs was sleeping during his day off when police came to his door and arrested him again on the new state charges, which include eight counts of trafficking phenethylamines, two counts of trafficking cocaine, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, court records show.<\/p>\n

Uthmeier announced the arrest during a Friday news conference at the Hard Rock and Casino in Hollywood, flanked by FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey. He blamed Biden\u2019s \u201cautopen\u201d for Dobbs\u2019 clemency, echoing statements previously made by President Donald Trump suggesting that Biden\u2019s use of the mechanical device to sign documents, including pardons, was illegal.<\/p>\n

The state will seek the harshest possible sentence \u2014 up to 320 years \u2014 for Dobbs, Uthmeier said. And he promised to continue going down the list of pardons and pursue charges against additional Florida residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to be issuing a directive to all of our local state attorneys, to state law enforcement, to continue to work through this list and to pursue state charges with regard to all of these individuals that are very dangerous,\u201d Uthmeier said. \u201cI don\u2019t know why they were released. They should not have been released. And we\u2019re going to arrest them, lock them back up and make sure that we are protecting our families here in the state of Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dobbs had a criminal history prior to his federal case, court records show. He served time in 2016 for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of over 20 grams of marijuana, according to state corrections records.<\/p>\n

In response to Uthmeier\u2019s comments, Dobbs\u2019 family maintained that he was not dangerous.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou look at someone\u2019s rap sheet and automatically assume this is the person they are and they\u2019re gonna stay that way forever,\u201d his wife, Ryan Osborne-Dobbs, told the Sun Sentinel. \u201cHe did a 17-month sentence. No, it may not seem like a lot. But I feel like truly it\u2019s enough time for someone to understand what they\u2019ve done, what is right and what is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dobbs\u2019 arrest on Thursday was as much of a surprise to his family as his being granted clemency. He had been prepared to spend seven years in prison when, 17 months into his sentence, officers came to his cell and told him he was getting released, Osborne-Dobbs told the Sun Sentinel. The two got married in October.<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s act of clemency humbled Dobbs, his wife said. Over the last several months, he had passed all of his drug tests and paid off his fees. He had been planning to buy a car next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll these charges, he was cleared on them. How\u2019d they pop back up?\u201d Dobbs\u2019 sister-in-law, Lashada Dobbs, told the Sun Sentinel. \u201cHe\u2019s been treated so badly with this. It\u2019s not right. He\u2019s done everything from day one since he\u2019s been out, exactly what he\u2019s been asked to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Now, Dobbs is back behind bars in Brevard County Jail on $580,000 bond. Osborne-Dobbs said she can\u2019t afford to pay the money required to have him released. She has been trying to call his probation office, but no one has returned her calls.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m heartbroken,\u201d she said, crying. \u201cI feel like it\u2019s a setup. I feel like the system failed him. I feel truly hurt. There\u2019s nothing I can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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