Octavia Wells (Bay County Sheriff’s Office).
A woman from Florida has been charged with criminal offenses after mistakenly sending a text to a sheriff’s investigator whose number she had saved using his initials, which happened to be close to those of her drug dealer.
Octavia Wells, aged 41, is now facing charges related to the improper use of a communication device, possession of drug-related items, and driving with a suspended license, as indicated in online court records.
The incident unfolded on December 31 when an investigator from the Bay County Sheriff’s Office received a series of unexpected text messages from an individual named “Octavia,” as detailed in the affidavit.
The defendant allegedly said she needed “just a couple points,” referring to one-tenth of a gram of fentanyl. The defendant also stated that she had $45 to spend, and a meeting location was set, the document added.
Deputies found her driving on a highway, the affidavit said. She had allegedly been driving on a suspended license that authorities had notified her about during a previous interaction with police.
The defendant pulled into the agreed meeting location for the narcotics transaction — a gas station in Panama City — where she stopped at the gas pumps and got out of the vehicle, according to the affidavit.
A deputy approached her while she was standing near the driver’s door of her vehicle. She was detained and advised of her Miranda rights, the document said.
She allegedly admitted she was there to try to buy a small amount of fentanyl to use since she was going to rehab that day, the affidavit said.
The defendant also said she mistakenly texted an investigator whose number she had and whose initials matched her drug dealer’s, the document said.
A search of her vehicle allegedly turned up tin foil used to smoke fentanyl, fentanyl test strips in the center console with cut straws used to smoke fentanyl, a digital scale, and a cut straw under the driver’s seat.
She posted bond and was ordered not to possess or consume alcoholic beverages and submit to random urinalysis tests. She’s set to appear in court on Jan. 30.
