A woman in Florida was arrested at the end of last month after accidentally texting a law enforcement officer specializing in tracking down drug offenders. Octavia Wells, 41, was trying to purchase fentanyl before leaving town,

“On December 31 ... a local woman reached out through text messaging to someone she believed was a drug dealer. The woman was looking for fentanyl to purchase before leaving town,” the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said in a Jan. 6 news release. “She had accidentally reached the phone of a narcotics investigator at the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.”

A Florida woman was arrested after accidentally texting a narcotics investigator while trying to buy drugs, authorities said.

A tech-challenged Florida woman accidentally texted a cop instead of her drug dealer to buy fentanyl — unwittingly narcing herself out, according to police who arrested her.

A woman faces charges after authorities said she accidentally texted a sheriff's investigator whose number she had saved from a previous interaction under his initials that were similar to her dealer.

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Ramero M. Randolph, 36, sold fentanyl to a man who thought he was buying cocaine, resulting in the deaths of the buyer and a woman, a report states.

A Florida woman was trying to buy fentanyl when she accidentally texted a narcotics detective, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office reports. Darwin Brandis Getty Images/iStockphoto A holiday drug ...

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According to Florida police, Wells was charged with unlawful use of a two-way communication device, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving with a suspended license. Since her arrest, Wells posted $5,000 bond and was released, according to jail records. She is scheduled for a January 30 arraignment.

A woman landed herself in hot water when she texted someone she believed was a drug dealer, but accidentally messaged a Bay County narcotics investigator instead.

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