Woman gets 20-year sentence as habitual drug trafficker

PUNTA GORDA — A Port Charlotte woman already sentenced to 15 years in state prison for drug trafficking was hit with two additional 20-year sentences Wednesday as a habitual offender trafficking in fentanyl and methamphetamines.

Samantha Jean James, 30, was adjudicated guilty and sentenced as a habitual felony offender on Wednesday at the Charlotte County Justice Center in Punta Gorda.

James pleaded no contest to the charges. It was not a plea agreement…

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