Man extradited from Florida, charged with manslaughter in connection with fatal overdose at CT rehab center

A person was extradited from Florida on Thursday and charged with manslaughter in reference to a deadly overdose at a Connecticut rehabilitation heart in 2020, in response to officers.

On Feb. 22, 2020, the Connecticut State Police Jap District Main Crime Squad was known as to research an premature demise on the Stonington Institute on Swantown Hill Highway in North Stonington.

It was decided that the sufferer, 29-year-old Tyrell Hightower, died of a drug overdose, state police stated.

In keeping with the state police, Edward. R. Broyles, 32, allegedly supplied the narcotics that induced Hightower to overdose whereas they had been each on the rehab heart. Based mostly on info from witness interviews, video surveillance footage and extra proof, detectives utilized for an arrest warrant for Broyles, which was granted by New London Superior Court docket.

Broyles was situated in Stuart, Florida, on March 9, taken into custody by the Stuart Police Division on an energetic extraditable arrest warrant and held on the Martin County Sheriff’s Detention Middle, state police stated.

On Thursday, members of the Connecticut State Police Jap District Main Crime Squad extradited Broyles again to Connecticut. He was processed and charged with second-degree manslaughter and sale/supply of narcotics.

Broyles was held on a $200,000 money/surety bond and was scheduled for arraignment on Friday on the New London Superior Court docket.