Man charged with second-degree murder after heroin found in Baton Rouge hotel room

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — An investigation into an overdose death led to the arrest of a man at a hotel in Baton Rouge.

Darren Curry, 45, was charged with second-degree murder and possession Schedule I.

Detectives responded to a hotel in the 10000 block of Rieger Road on Tuesday, Aug. 5. Law enforcement executed a search warrant for a room at the hotel and found Curry inside.

An arrest report reveals Curry was detained during a search of the room, which uncovered 1.36 grams of heroin in a baggie. Those drugs were found in a bathroom, EBRSO said.

During questioning, Curry said what detectives located was heroin. He initially said the heroin belonged to his girlfriend, but “then asked detectives if he took the charge, if she would be released,” according to EBRSO.

He then took back his initial statement and claimed the heroin was his, EBRSO said.

Curry was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on the same day that the arrest warrant was executed by detectives.

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