Three other children were revived after medics gave them the overdose-reversing drug Narcan, authorities said.
The owner of a nursery in New York City and a tenant living in the building have been arrested after a one-year-old boy died and three others fell ill following apparent fentanyl exposure.
The arrests come after authorities discovered four children - aged eight months to two years - showing signs of suspected opioid overdose after spending time at Divino Nino in the Bronx, just days after it passed a city inspection.Three others were revived after medics gave them the overdose-reversing drug Narcan, authorities said.
On Saturday evening, police arrested the owner of the facility, Grei Mendez, 36, and a building tenant, Carlisto Acevedo Brito, 41, on charges of depraved indifference murder, assault and criminal possession of narcotics, including fentanyl.Police said they found a taped package containing several thousand dollars worth of
along with a kilo press - a device used to package large quantities of drugs - after executing a search warrant on the nursery, a home-based operation which opened in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx earlier this year.
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