A Florida woman is behind bars and facing an attempted murder charge after she allegedly drugged a man she’d met on a dating app.Samantha Adams, 39, and the victim, 69, had been in a relationship "for the purposes of…paid sex" for two to three months after meeting online, said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.Adams had told the victim her name was "Nala.""Black widow" is what Polk County deputies call her, Judd said.FLORIDA MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY LURED WOMEN WITH DATING APP COULD HAVE MORE VICTIMS: AUTHORITIESSamantha Adams, 39, faces an attempted murder charge after investigators say an elderly romantic partner suffered benzodiazepine poisoning following a meeting at his home.(Polk County Sheriff’s Office)"She tried to kill him," Judd said in a video posted to social media.
"She tried to overdose him.She tried to extort him."On Aug.
17, Adams and the victim were in an argument about a vehicle he’d bought for her, court records show.When he told her he wanted it back because he couldn’t afford it, she said they could discuss it at his house, according to records.When at the victim’s home, Adams gave him a shot glass filled with "suspected whiskey," court records show."She slipped him benzodiazepine," Judd said.After he drank the beverage, the two "engaged in physical affection," court records show.
When the victim "attempted to touch the defendant in a sexual manner," Adams demanded $1,000, according to court records.When he told her he didn't have the money, she got dressed and left the home.MIAMI WOMAN ALLEGEDLY LURED MAN TO LUXURY CONDO VIA INSTAGRAM, THEN ROBBED HIM WITH 2 ACCOMPLICESNot long after, the victim was asked to pick up his granddaughter from a Wawa gas station near a movie theater where he’d dropped her off with her boyfriend earlier that day.On his way to the Wawa, he began feeling ill, court records show.Later, he could only recall being pulled from the driver's seat by his granddaughter and being moved to the back seat of the vehicle, A...