Baton Rouge Police: Drugs found in baby’s bedroom; 1 arrested

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Baton Rouge Police Department arrested a man accused of selling drugs from his home on multiple charges.

According to an affidavit, on Oct. 18, 2024, BRPD officers were alerted of high traffic to a home on Cristy Drive. During surveillance of the property, investigators reported seeing several people being served drugs through a side door.

Investigators also saw a car in the driveway next to the home, a driver approach a man standing outside of the home on Cristy Drive before going back into the car. As the vehicle left the area, police attempted a traffic stop, which led to a search of the car. During the search, officers found an amount of drugs in a freshly bagged bag.

The affidavit states that investigators continued surveillance of the home and saw two people in a car in the driveway of the home. Officers made contact with the pair and detained them. Officers approached the residence, where a woman informed them that one person was inside with a 3-month-old baby. The individual was identified as Norman Turner, 40.

A warrant for the home was granted, and the following items were seized:

• digital scales
• sandwich bags
• inmate ID from Livingston Parish
• Promethazine
• 39 grams of crack cocaine
• 22 grams of suspected marijuana
• 1 gram of fentanyl
• 4 boxes of baking soda
• measuring glass
• Kevlar vest
• 2 THC vape cartridges
• ID of Norman Turner
• Taurus handgun
• AR round
• cannabis test
• 2 cocaine tests
• marijuana bong smoke mask

Officers reportedly found the THC vape cartridges and an amount of marijuana in the baby’s room.

According to police, Turner admitted to owning the crack cocaine but said he was unaware of the fentanyl in the home during questioning.

Turner was arrested and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on the following charges:

• simple possession of marijuana
• 2 counts of manufacture, distribution or possession with the intent to distribute a Schedule II drug
• cruelty to juveniles
• clandestine lab unlawful manufacture of a controlled dangerous substance
• unlawful use of body armor
• illegal carrying of a firearm with a controlled dangerous substance
• possession of a firearm by a convicted felon by a person convicted of domestic abuse battery

Jail records show Turner was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on March 27. No bond amount has been set for Turner.

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