The husband of the owner of a New York City day care where a 1-year-old boy died following fentanyl exposure has been arrested.
where a 1-year-old boy died following fentanyl exposure has been arrested, law enforcement sources told ABC News., on a bus in Sinaloa, after a manhunt that lasted more than a week, the sources said.
He was allegedly seen in surveillance images running out of the Bronx day care with heavy shopping bags as the children were suffering from fentanyl exposure, according to court records.Three other children, ranging in age from 8 months to 2 years, were hospitalized and, police said. An analysis of urine from one of the victims confirmed the presence of fentanyl, officials said.
Investigators found a kilo of fentanyl stored on kids' play mats at the day care, along with a device to press drugs into bricks for sale, according to court records., investigators found fentanyl, other narcotics and drug paraphernalia, police said. The first two to be arrested were day care owner Grei Mendez, who is Garcia's wife, and Carlisto Acevedo Brito, who is Garcia's cousin and Mendez's tenant. They face federal charges of narcotics possession with intent to distribute resulting in death and conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death as well as state charges including murder.
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