According to the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office, an investigation into the drug trafficking organization of Tyrone Broadway AKA “PawPaw” concluded on Tuesday, Oct. 29 with the largest fentanyl seizure—over 100,000 lethal doses—in the parish. Officials said a total of four people were arrested and approximately 36,000 dosage units of pressed fentanyl pills were seized.
“During the scope of the investigation, agents were able to seize numerous controlled purchases of pressed fentanyl pills disguised as oxycodone, along with methamphetamine from Broadway and other co-conspirators,” said Sheriff Jason Ard.
According to the sheriff’s office, officials arrested Broadway, Eugene ‘Jake’ Skinner, Donald ‘Bo’ McCray, and Devonte Skinner while executing search warrants at homes on Skinner Lane in Tickfaw and Brown Morris Lane in Hammond, both of which were allegedly associated with the organization.
The sheriff’s office reports the recovery of the following narcotics, firearms, and vehicles during the investigation:
- Approximately 67,922 pressed fentanyl pills or 9.5 kilo’s
- Approximately 21 kilos of fentanyl/pressed pills (from being discarded in wooded area)
- Approximately 5lbs of methamphetamine
- Approximately 6 dosage units of Adderall
- Approximately 3g of fentanyl powder
- Approximately 4.5 grams of crack cocaine
- Approximately 2.5 grams of marijuana
- Crack barrel .410 caliber shotgun
- Two handguns
- 2022 GMC Sierra 2500 AT4 (reported stolen through Houston)
- GMC Sierra (pending seizure)
- Toyota RAV4 (pending seizure)
- Chevrolet Corvette (pending seizure)
- Hyundai Elantra (pending seizure)
Several agencies and departments helped with this investigation, including LPSO SRT, Criminal Patrol/K9 Division, Uniform Patrol Division, Burglary Division, General Detectives, Department of Homeland Security Investigations, HSI SRT, Drug Enforcement Administration, Albany Police Department, and Customs and Border Protection.
The sheriff’s office released information about this investigation on Thursday, Dec. 19.
Sheriff Ard says these investigations take a lot of time and effort, but they are committed to seeing each and every one through.
“Look, these results speak for themselves. I’m proud of our beefed up Narcotics Division. We will continue to focus our efforts on targeting and disrupting these drug trafficking organizations,” said Ard.
