A Summerfield woman wanted on a warrant was arrested with fentanyl and needles in her purse.
Deputies responded at 5:30 p.m. Thursday to the residence of 41-year-old Samantha Nicole Lester, located on SE 149th Lane, Summerfield, to find her and serve an active Lake County warrant, according to an arrest report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. She was found and arrested for the warrant charging her with grand theft auto.
At the time, Lester was holding a green camo purse. Inside the purse was a smaller bag containing a red straw, a blue straw, two needles that appeared old and used, and a small green and white jar with two pieces of cotton in a clear liquid. The cotton balls weighed about 0.35 grams, and the liquid tested positive for fentanyl, the report said.
Also in the purse was a contact lens container that held two more pieces of cotton submerged in fentanyl and weighing 0.05 grams. A yellow pill bottle with no label contained multiple Ziplock bags, one of which had powdered fentanyl, the report said…