A Winter Haven man who had his nearly 11-year federal drug sentence cut short through presidential clemency is back in custody, accused of returning to the narcotics trade within weeks of the commutation’s end. Antoine “Tony” Delynn Latimore, 42, was arrested July 31 on Polk County charges tied to fentanyl, MDMA and an alleged plan to acquire cocaine.
According to a report by ClickOrlando, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said it received information in June that Latimore was selling illegal narcotics. Undercover detectives allegedly arranged separate buys of 100 fentanyl pills and 100 MDMA pills, then continued the operation into July. Investigators said Latimore later sought a source for a large cocaine purchase and proposed using his modified 1983 Buick, which he claimed was worth more than $80,000, as collateral for a planned three-kilogram deal. Sheriff Grady Judd criticized the commutation, calling Latimore “an honest drug dealer” and saying he should still have been in federal prison.
The U.S. Department of Justice lists Latimore—spelled “Antonie” in the federal record—as a Middle District of Florida recipient of a January 2025 commutation. The list shows he had received a 10-year, 10-month sentence for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base, with the sentence commuted to July 16, 2025. The department’s clemency guidance says a commutation reduces a sentence but does not erase the conviction or imply innocence.
The new case includes charges of trafficking in fentanyl over 14 grams, trafficking in MDMA over 10 grams, maintaining a vehicle to traffic drugs and possessing drug paraphernalia, ClickOrlando reported. Detectives also said Latimore told undercover investigators he sold drugs “from time to time to make money.” The alleged three-kilogram cocaine transaction was part of the investigation, but cocaine trafficking was not listed among the charges described in the report.
What The Florida Charges Could Mean
Florida law makes trafficking in four grams or more of fentanyl a first-degree felony, with mandatory minimum penalties that increase at the 14-gram and 28-gram thresholds, according to the state’s drug-trafficking statute. Any sentence in this case would depend on the evidence, the precise quantities alleged, and how prosecutors and the court handle the charges.
The arrest comes as Polk County authorities continue publicizing large-scale narcotics investigations. In February, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said two operations had produced 51 arrests and the seizure of 78 pounds of methamphetamine and 14.55 pounds of fentanyl across a wider Central Florida trafficking network.
Latimore’s arrest is not a conviction. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says its jail inquiry system is informational, changes quickly, and does not establish that an arrested person committed the charged offenses.
