Drug dealer arrested for murder after man dies of cocaine overdose, EBRSO says

BATON ROUGE — An alleged drug dealer was arrested for murder after a Baton Rouge man died of a cocaine overdose.

Arrest documents from the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office show a man died in his “man cave” at his home along Watts Road on Nov. 25, 2025. Investigators found cocaine and a straw with coke residue on it in the room, and an autopsy attributed his cause of death to a cocaine overdose.

The man’s family found a text exchange on his phone with a contact named “Donny” where the two appear to discuss buying drugs, documents show…

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