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[^2]\n\nSamantha Adams was accused of intentionally mixing benzodiazepine into the drink of a 69-year-old victim she met on a dating app. [^3]\n\nThe Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested Samantha Adams, 39, on August 27, 2026, at the Posner Park Shopping Center in Davenport, Florida. [^4]\n\nAdams allegedly slipped the victim benzodiazepines while they were sharing alcoholic beverages, causing him to become unresponsive. [^5]\n\nSheriff Grady Judd referred to Samantha Adams as a 'black widow' in his statement. [^6]\n\nDetectives determined that Adams purposefully mixed benzodiazepines into the victim's drink at his home in Polk County and allegedly poisoned him on at least three other occasions at her home in Orange County. [^7]\n\nSamantha Adams was arrested on August 27 at the Posner Park shopping center in Davenport after she agreed to meet the victim there. [^8]\n\nThe victim alleged that Adams returned to him with glasses of whiskey, one of which he drank, and then demanded $1,000 to continue their intimacy, which he refused. [^9]\n\nSamantha Adams allegedly attempted to extort $1,000 from the victim after they argued over a vehicle she had bought for him. [^10]\n\nWhen the victim refused to pay the $1,000, Samantha Adams left, but the victim later passed out from the drugged drink and was taken to the hospital. 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