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.

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.

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.

“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.”

Florida counties are finally starting to spend or otherwise allocate funds they received from national opioid lawsuits.

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

Unknown to Wells, she had accidentally reached the phone of a narcotics investigator with the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.

A well-worn dictionary helped unravel a drug trafficking operation when deputies tried flipping through the pages, according to investigators in Florida. The “book” was actually a portable safe and it was stocked with drugs, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said in a Jan. 3 news release.

A Florida woman's attempt to purchase drugs took an unexpected turn when she mistakenly texted a narcotics investigator instead of

A Florida man was arrested in Mississippi for drug trafficking, authorities said. According to the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, deputies stopped a

While Harper has no prior arrests related to drugs in Duval County, the police report states she tested positive for fentanyl twice after her son’s death. The other drug found in Wheeler’s system, Xylazine, has also become a growing concern within the illicit drug market.