Bronx day care proprietor and neighbor are charged with MURDER after boy, 1, died from fentanyl publicity at his day care that additionally injured a child woman and two two-year-old boys

The proprietor of a day care facility within the Bronx the place a one-year-old boy died on Friday after ingesting fentanyl has been charged with homicide.

Grei Mendez, the 36-year-old proprietor of Divino Nino day care within the Bronx, was instantly taken in for questioning after the 911 name on Friday.

On Saturday evening, NYPD introduced that Mendez and her neighbor, 41-year-old Carlisto Acevedo Brito, have been charged with homicide.

The connection between the 2 isn’t recognized.

Nicholas Feliz-Dominici had only started at the day care center a week earlier than he was discovered unresponsive, following a nap.

Three different toddlers are believed to have been uncovered to the medication. 

Two two-year-old boys have been taken to hospital – one is presently in essential situation, whereas the opposite is steady. An eight-moth-old woman can be listed as steady.  

One-year-old Nicholas Feliz-Dominici died on Friday after ingesting fentanyl at a Bronx day care heart

Police tape is seen exterior the Divino Nino day care on Morris Avenue within the Bronx

A contamination tent might be seen exterior the day care facility on Friday afternoon 

Mendez opened the Morris Avenue day care in Might. The day care has a capability of eight youngsters between the ages of six weeks to 12 years previous, information present.

The ability handed an unannounced annual inspection on September 6.

However NYPD discovered almost a kilo of fentanyl inside an condominium that the day care additionally used, in addition to a kilo press – a tool sometimes used to mix fentanyl with both cocaine or heroin. 

Mendez and Acevedo Brito, who The New York Post reported had just lately arrived from the Dominican Republic, each face 28 counts together with homicide, drug possession, assault, manslaughter, and baby endangerment.

The distraught father of the lifeless baby, Otoniel Feliz, 32, instructed DailyMail.com that he and his spouse have been advisable to make use of the day care heart.

‘We had a superb suggestion. We have been instructed it was an awesome place. It regarded like a pleasant place,’ he instructed DailyMail.com on Friday. 

The tearful father-of-five, who moved to america in 2018 from the Dominican Republic, stated his baby had simply began on the baby care heart.

‘It was his first week,’ he stated. ‘This was his first week.’ 

Otoniel Feliz appeared bleary eyed as he spoke to DailyMail.com exterior his condominium

4 youngsters underneath the age of three ‘ingested fentanyl’ whereas on the premises. One in every of them died

Feliz stated he and his spouse had been given a tour of the day care facility the primary time they dropped their son off. 

He stated it regarded like every other baby care heart, with toys and children’ furnishings inside.

However after enrolling their son, Feliz and his spouse have been by no means allowed to return again inside. Their son was delivered to them by caretakers, whereas the mother and father waited exterior, he claimed.

‘Dad and mom haven’t got permission to go inside,’ he stated.

‘You see it on the primary day, to see the place your son might be, however after that you do not have permission to go in.

‘They stated they do not need contamination from the surface to go inside as a result of they preserve the whole lot clear – that is what they stated.’

Feliz stated his spouse had gone to choose her son up early from the day care on Friday afternoon.

Arriving on the heart, she discovered police tape, emergency companies and police.

‘My spouse referred to as me saying our baby goes to hospital,’ stated Feliz, preventing again tears. 

‘We thought he was nice – 10 minutes later, my spouse referred to as me again on the way in which to the hospital and stated he died.’ 

All 4 have been taken to hospital however Nicholas did not survive. 

The youngsters had reportedly been put down for naps, to be woken up at 2:30pm, and had eaten one thing about 90 minutes earlier.

When police arrived on the grim scene, all 4 youngsters have been administered with the anti-opioid medication Narcan. One of many 4 responded to the lifesaving drug, police stated.

Police tape hung throughout the doorway of the premises on Saturday, with officers on the scene persevering with their investigation. 

Eric Adams, the mayor of New York, expressed his sympathy for the household, saying that he had spoken to the mother and father who misplaced their son. 

At a press convention on Saturday morning, Adams stated the occasion ought to act as a warning for individuals with opioids of their properties.

‘To see the ache they’re experiencing is one thing that each one of us New Yorkers are experiencing and all of us which are mother and father,’ he stated.

‘This disaster is actual and it’s a actual wake-up name for people who’ve opioids or fentanyl of their properties.’

Sources with information of the investigation confirmed massive portions of medication have been discovered on the day care, in addition to a kilo press

The crime scene turned somber as neighbors started to grapple with the tragedy

Anna Ortiz-Irving, 73, lives within the constructing subsequent door to the day care and stated she is ‘sick’ at what befell 

Anna Ortiz-Irving, 73, lives within the constructing subsequent door to the day care. 

She stated she is ‘sick’ at what befell.

‘I used to be shocked as a result of this mom and her daughter are the nicest individuals,’ she instructed DailyMail.com, referring to the 2 girls who ran the daycare.

‘From what I’ve heard they discovered fentanyl in all 4 infants’ programs.’

Oritz-Irving stated they ‘introduced the police canine on Friday evening’ and claims her neighbor, who had been deciphering for police and the tremendous of the constructing, ‘discovered drug paraphernalia’ after getting a warrant to look the day care.

‘They discovered the slicing machine and what they name a presser,’ she stated.

Sources with information of the investigation confirmed ‘a number of medication have been discovered on the day care in addition to a kilo press.’

A kilo press is used to package deal massive portions of medication.

The Nationwide Institute on Drug Abuse describes fentanyl as a strong artificial opioid that’s FDA-approved to deal with extreme ache. 

Over the previous decade, fentanyl has been made and distributed illegally and different illegally made artificial opioids have been more and more discovered within the drug provide.

Fentanyl is as much as 50 occasions stronger than heroin and 100 occasions stronger than morphine, and has more and more been blended with different illicit medication – usually with deadly outcomes. 

Drug overdose deaths involving fentanyl elevated from 5.7 per 100,000 individuals in 2016, to 21.6 in 2021.

The Biden administration has been pushing for motion as U.S. drug-related overdose deaths surpassed 100,000 in 2021.