BATON ROUGE – A New Roads Police officer was arrested for selling Oxycodone pills to a confidential informant (CI) for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office.
EBRSO said a CI told deputies that they had bought both Oxycodone and Xanax from 44-year-old Quincy Lathers, a New Roads Police officer who lives in Denham Springs. They said the deal happened while Lathers was wearing a New Roads Police Department uniform.
Following the tip, EBRSO set up a controlled buy, and Lathers allegedly sold the informant 50 Oxycodone pills while deputies were conducting surveillance…