Police said they've found a trap floor with drugs in the play area of a day care where a 1-year-old boy died following exposure to fentanyl.
Police said they've found a trap floor with drugs in the play area of aNicholas Dominici, 1, died on Friday and three other children, ranging in age from 8 months to 2 years, were hospitalized andand are now recovering, police said. An analysis of urine from one of the victims confirmed the presence of fentanyl, officials said.
In the trap floor, investigators found fentanyl, other narcotics and drug paraphernalia, the NYPD confirmed. Grei Mendez, the operator of the day care, and her tenant, Carlisto Acevedo Brito, are in federal custody on charges of narcotics possession with intent to distribute resulting in death and conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death. They've been held without bail.
A search is ongoing for Mendez's husband, who, according to court records, was seen on video fleeing the day care out of a back alley carrying two trash bags.
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