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West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office investigates inmate’s death

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating after an inmate died.

Inmate Ryan Moreau, 38, was taken to a local hospital on March 5 after collapsing due to an unknown medical emergency. According to Sheriff Jeff Bergeron, Moreau died a few days later.

The sheriff’s office said Moreau received an unknown item or substance from another inmate, Quwinton Norman, 34, before his collapse. While deputies tended to Moreau’s medical emergency, deputies saw Norman approach another inmate, Joshua Janise, 34. Deputies saw Norman leaving the area with an unknown package.

Deputies conducted a “facility-wide shakedown” where the following items were found.

  • crude tattoo devices.
  • improvised weapons (wire shanks).
  • miscellaneous homemade charging cables.
  • suspected loose tobacco.
  • various papers soaked in substances, some testing positive for synthetic cannabinoids.
  • various prescription medications.

Arrest warrants were issued for Norman and Janise on charges of obstruction of justice. Both were booked into jail.

This is an ongoing investigation.

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