State Police detectives have arrested the owner and an employee of the Tobacco Tavern in Ville Platte as part of an investigation into the death of a 17-year-old boy in Turkey Creek. Sergeant Peggy Bourque says the day before Taylon Hebert’s death, he purchased over the counter herbal supplement pills from the Tobacco Tavern, which were suspected to contain a Schedule I Controlled Dangerous Substance.
“On September 19th, agents with the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, along with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies, seized similar pills from that same location,” Bourque stated.
Bourque says State Police is not releasing the exact name of the drug allegedly sold to Hebert or the over-the-counter herbal supplemental pills seized during a search warrant…