The Bronx day care's operator and her tenant are facing federal drug charges as well as state charges of murder and child endangerment.
A day care owner and her tenant are facing federal charges after the death of a 1-year-old who was allegedly exposed to fentanyl stored at their New York City apartment, federal prosecutors announced.
Prosecutors said Mendez called police on Friday afternoon to report that three young children under her care were unresponsive.The children were taken to a hospital, where two of them — an 8-month-old and a 2-year-old — were administered Narcan, an emergency drug used to reverse the effects of opioids. Nicholas, however, was pronounced dead shortly after arriving, according to prosecutors.
An evidence photo of fentanyl and a press reportedly recovered from the day care in the Bronx borough of New York City.During their search of the apartment, police found 1 kilogram of fentanyl on top of a children’s play mat in the hallway, along with a hydraulic press machine allegedly used to compress narcotics into bricks.Mendez’s attorney, Andres Aranda, has denied that she knew any drugs were present at her day care.
Prosecutors said surveillance footage showed that Mendez’s husband was inside the day care on the day of the alleged fentanyl exposure and left minutes before police arrived, carrying out shopping bags.During an interview with investigators, Mendez claimed there were no drugs inside the day care and that the hydraulic press police found could have been left by a previous occupant, according to the complaint.
“I didn’t see anything that looked out of the ordinary,” she told The New York Times on Sunday. “Just little beds and toys.”
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