PRESS RELEASE
(Escambia County, Florida) On July 17, 2025, Circuit Court Judge Linda Nobles sentenced Jorgina Ann Nichols to 20 years in state prison for two counts of Trafficking in Fentanyl, two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance, and one count of Introduction Of Contraband to a County Jail Facility.
On the morning of September 26, 2024, Officers with the Pensacola Police Department conducted a routine traffic stop on a vehicle in which Nichols was riding. A search of the vehicle located over six grams of fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and narcotics paraphernalia. Nichols was arrested and transported to the Escambia County Jail where, later that day, she was caught in her cell holding an ounce of fentanyl.
On July 17, 2025, the defendant entered a no contest plea to the court. In accordance with Florida’s drug trafficking statutes, her 20-year sentence must be served day for day and she was assessed $150,000 in fines.
The arrest and investigation were conducted by the Pensacola Police Department and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant State Attorney Christopher Patterson prosecuted the case on behalf of Ginger Bowden Madden, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida. For more information, please contact Mr. Patterson at (850) 595-4200.
