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Nicholas Dominici, 1, died at daycare. Three other children were hospitalized.
September 26, 2023, 3:27 PM
The husband of the owner of a New York City daycare center where a 1-year-old boy died after exposure to fentanyl has been arrested, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
Felix Herrera Garcia was arrested in Mexico, on a bus in Sinaloa, after a manhunt that lasted more than a week, the sources said.
He was reportedly seen on surveillance footage running out of the Bronx daycare with heavy shopping bags as the children suffered from fentanyl exposure, according to court records.
Federal criminal images show a suspect in the Bronx fentanyl poisoning case carrying bags in the alley behind the New York daycare center.
American Southern District of New York
On September 15, Nicholas Dominici, a 1-year-old, died after exposure to fentanyl at daycare.
Three other children, ranging in age from 8 months to 2 years, were hospitalized and treated with Narcan, police said. An analysis of urine from one of the victims confirmed the presence of fentanyl, officials said.
Police and federal drug agents returned Thursday to the Bronx daycare where a year-old death and three other children had to be resuscitated with naloxone after exposure to fentanyl to search for hidden drugs.
WABC
Investigators found a kilogram of fentanyl stored on children’s play mats at the daycare, along with a device to press drugs into bricks for sale, according to court records. In a drop floor beneath the daycare play area, investigators found fentanyl, other narcotics and drug paraphernalia, police said.
The first two arrested were Grei Mendez, the daycare owner, Garcia’s wife, and Carlisto Acevedo Brito, Garcia’s cousin and Mendez’s tenant. They face federal charges of possession of narcotics with intent to distribute causing death and conspiracy to distribute narcotics causing death, as well as state charges including murder.
Federal authorities vowed last week to hold everyone involved in childcare accountable.
Police and federal drug agents returned Thursday to the Bronx daycare where a year-old death and three other children had to be resuscitated with naloxone after exposure to fentanyl to search for hidden drugs.
WABC
This weekend, a third person, Renny Antonio Parra Paredes, was arrested. He was charged in federal court with conspiracy to distribute narcotics.
