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,

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 mom tested positive for fentanyl the same day her 2-year-old son died of a fentanyl and xylazine overdose, Florida authorities said. Melissa Rae Harper, 43, has now been charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced Jan. 17.

Four South Floridians receive prison sentences for distributing drugs, including fentanyl, linked to fatal overdoses.

“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 for the death of her 2-year-old so, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. The boy died from a combined drug intoxication of fentanyl and xylazine, officials said.

Almost every year, the Florida Legislature adds a new substance to the list of drugs carrying tough mandatory-minimum sentences. And like clockwork, every year, drug cartel cooks change a molecule

Take Dominick Dinunzio for example, who keeps mething up over and over again and this time got busted for Trafficking in Meth and Trafficking In Fentanyl. [...]

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.

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

A new state-wide report released by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody Thursday reveals a promising downward trend in opioid-related deaths.

Attorney General Ashley Moody held a press conference Thursday morning to provide updates on the Florida fentanyl crisis.