BRONX, N.Y. (WPIX) – A Bronx day care owner and also her cousin were charged after 4 youngsters overdosed, one fatally, at the center on Friday, authorities claimed Sunday.
The owner, Grei Mendez, 36, and also her spouse’s cousin, Carlisto Briton Acevedo, 41, were apprehended Saturday and also charged with murder, homicide, and also numerous matters of attack, cops claimed. Mendez’s spouse is likewise being looked for by cops.
They are anticipated to be arraigned on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. Additional information were not promptly readily available.
Police were phoned call to Divino Nino on Morris Avenue around 2:40 p.m. Friday. Three youngsters — 2 kids and also an 8-month-old lady — were required to Montefiore Hospital with suspected medication overdoses. Another 2-year-old young boy got ill in your home and also was revitalized with Narcan. One-year-old Nicholas Dominici passed away at Montefiore.
Dominici’s reason of fatality stays under examination by the city’s clinical inspector. The young boy’s household is sad and also leaning on their belief to survive the disaster.
“Nothing will certainly offer me back our boy. Not all the gold worldwide will certainly offset his life. For a moms and dad, the life of a kid is invaluable and also the worth will certainly constantly remain in my heart,” Dominici’s daddy, Otoniel Feliz, informed Nexstar’s WPIX.
Because 3 of the youngsters were revitalized with Narcan, fentanyl was promptly suspected, cops resources claimed. Investigators looked the day care for traces of the possibly dangerous opioid, resources claimed.
A next-door neighbor that lives beside the day care claimed she visited the turmoil and also saw a female gone out of the structure yelling. “‘My kids are dead. The kids are dead,’” Mel Ramirez claimed. “Another girl appeared holding an infant. The infant was less competent. I simply really feel so depressing for the youngsters.”
On Saturday, cops claimed a kilo press that packages “large quantities of drugs” was discovered inside the day care. New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan claimed Divino Nino was a “home-based” child care website that opened up under the main authority of the New York State Office of Children and also Family Services in 2022.
Vasan claimed the city’s Department of Health performed assessments on part of the state, with one of the most current one being a “surprise” examination recently. No infractions were discovered throughout that Sept. 9 check out.
“These children do not deserve this. So please pray for them and their families,” NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban claimed.
The Associated Press added to this record.
