NORTH PORT — The woman dubbed “Black Widow” by Sarasota authorities was once a corrections officer at the Charlotte County Jail, serving roughly six months with the agency before resigning amid allegations that she had a romantic relationship with one of the inmates she was assigned to guard, according to an internal affairs investigation from the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office.

Janeene Lea Jones, 49, of the 4400 block of Boeing Lane, North Port,was arrested by the Sarasota Police Department last week and charged with two counts of solicitation to commit first-degree murder. Authorities say she attempted to hire an undercover detective and pay them $8,000 to murder her current husband and a tenant.