EXCLUSIVE: Cops remove multiple drugs from Bronx daycare after 1-year-old dies and three other kids are rushed to the hospital after eating fentanyl
EXCLUSIVE: Police remove multiple drugs from Bronx daycare after 1-year-old dies and three other children are rushed to hospital after eating fentanyl
- “Multiple drugs and related paraphernalia” were recovered from a daycare center in the Bronx
- Four children under the age of three “swallowed fentanyl” while on the premises
- One of the women believed to be running the childcare center has been taken in for questioning
‘Multiple medications’ and supplies were removed from a Bronx childcare center where a 1-year-old boy died and three others were rushed to hospital after taking fentanyl, MailOnline.com can reveal.
Nicholas Dominici has been identified as the deceased toddler in the gruesome scene that unfolded around 2.40pm on Friday afternoon.
The police tape had been taken off the street on Saturday and hung from the doorway of the Divino Nino Day Care on Morris Avenue in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx.
The once active crime scene had grown somber as neighbors began to grapple with the tragedy.
Mayor Eric Adams expressed his condolences to the family and said he had spoken to the parents who had lost their son.
An infection tent could be seen outside the daycare center on Friday afternoon
The police tape had been taken from the street and hung on the door of the Divino Nino Dayare on Morris Avenue.
Four children under the age of three “swallowed fentanyl” while on the premises
The once active crime scene had grown somber as neighbors began to grapple with the tragedy
Anna Ortiz-Irving, 73, lives in the building next to the daycare and said she is “sickened” by what happened as investigators continue to dig into evidence.
“I was amazed because this mother and her daughter are the nicest people,” she told DailyMail.com exclusively, referring to the two women who ran the daycare.
“From what I heard, they found fentanyl in all four of the baby’s systems.”
Oritz-Irving said they “brought the police dogs with them Friday night” and claims her neighbor, who was interpreting for police and the building’s super, “found drug paraphernalia” after getting a warrant to search the daycare.
“They found the cutting machine and what they call a pressing machine,” she said.
Sources with knowledge of the investigation confirm that ‘several medications were found at the daycare center, as well as a kilopers’.
A kilo press is charged with packaging large quantities of medicines.
Sources also confirmed that all four children “came into contact with fentanyl.”
Dominici, two two-year-old boys and an eight-month-old girl were found in the nursery on the bottom floor of the Morris Avenue building.
The children had reportedly fallen in for a nap only to wake up at 1:30 a.m. and had eaten something about 90 minutes earlier, sources said.
When police arrived at the grim scene, all four children were administered Narcan, one of whom responded to the life-saving drug squad.
All four were taken to hospital, but the one-year-old boy died. Three others are in stable condition and the eight-month-old baby was treated for dehydration.
Divino Nino Daycare passed its annual unannounced inspection on September 6 with zero violations, according to city records after receiving the permit in May.
All four children were taken to the hospital, but the 1-year-old boy did not survive
The childcare facility has a capacity for eight children between the ages of six weeks and 12 years old, the data shows.
One of the women believed to be running the childcare center has been taken in for questioning.
No arrests have been made in connection with the incident and police are still investigating.
Adams expressed his condolences to the family and said he had spoken to the parents who had lost their son.
At a news conference Saturday morning, Adams said the event should serve as a warning to people who have opioids in their homes.
“Seeing the pain they experience is something that all of us in New York experience and all of us who are parents.
“This crisis is real and is a real wake-up call for people who have opioids or fentanyl in their homes.”