JACKSON WOMAN SENTENCED TO SERVE 25 YEARS AFTER BEING BUSTED IN UNDERCOVER STING AT RIDGELAND HOTEL

Madison County, MS - Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Samantha Lombardi, of Jackson, pled guilty to possession with the intent to sell more than ten but less than thirty grams of methamphetamine and was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Dewey Arthur to serve twenty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

In February 2025, the Ridgeland Police Department began an undercover investigation into prostitution and drug sales occurring at Ridgeland area hotels. The undercover officer and Lombardi agreed to meet at the Staybridge Suites, where Lombardi believed she would be engaging in prostitution and selling the individual methamphetamine. When she arrived, she was taken into custody and found to be in possession of various drugs, including methamphetamine, PCP, liquid codeine, ecstasy pills, and marijuana.

Instead of waiting on the crime lab to test all the suspected controlled substances, Lombardi elected to waive grand jury presentment and plead guilty to possession of methamphetamine with the intent to sell. At the time of her arrest, Lombardi was on three years of non-adjudicated probation for a robbery charge out of Hinds County.

District Attorney Bramlett stated, “Ms. Lombardi believed she was going to sell drugs and sexual services at a Madison County hotel. Instead, she encountered the Street Crimes Unit of the Ridgeland Police Department. This Unit is dedicated to investigating the drug dealers, drug users, prostitutes, and other criminals seeking to conduct their illegal business in Ridgeland. We commend the hard work of the Ridgeland Police Department in identifying criminal activity and apprehending those responsible.”

Defendant:

Name: SAMANTHA LOMBARDI

DOB: 03/30/1989

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