2 men face multiple drug, gun charges, Baton Rouge police say

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Two men are facing drug and gun charges after an investigation into a suspicious incident by the Baton Rouge Police Department.

Tyvarius Haynes, 24, was charged with possession of marijuana, resisting an officer, possession of a machine gun, possession of Schedule IV, possession with intent to distribute Schedule II, possession of a firearm with a controlled dangerous substance and criminal mischief.

Taber Davis, 25, was charged with one count of obstruction of justice (felony), one count of theft of a firearm (Felony), one count of possession of firearm or carrying concealed weapon by a person convicted of certain felonies (Felony), one count of resisting an officer, one count of illegal possession of stolen firearms (Felony) and two counts of possession of machine gun.

Officers were called to the 9200 block of Florida Boulevard on Jan. 25 where multiple people with guns behind a building were found.

BRPD said, “Several suspects were arrested with firearms and body armor, but two males fled.” A Special investigations detective identified those two men as Haynes and Davis.

The United States Marshals Service arrested Haynes and he was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

Tabor was already in the custody of the St. James Parish Sheriff’s Office after they arrested him for possessing an additional firearm while being a convicted felon, BRPD said. He was subsequently arrested on the charges listed above.

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