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UPDATE Kingsbridge Heights: Arrested Husband of Bronx Daycare Center Caretaker Charged with Drug Trafficking Resulting in Death

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Felix Herrera Garcia, the arrested husband of Grei Mendez, the caretaker of Kingsbridge Heights-based Divino Niño Daycare Center, who has been charged with murder and other drug trafficking offenses following the fatal fentanyl poisoning of one-year-old Nicholas Dominicus at the center on Sept. 15, has been charged with drug trafficking resulting in death in connection with the incident. Three other infants were also poisoned during the same incident but are recovering, as reported.

UPDATE Kingsbridge Heights: 40+ Pounds of Fentanyl Seized Six Blocks from Bronx Daycare Center Where Infants OD’d  

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Federal law enforcement authorities announced Thursday, Sept. 28, that as part of the ongoing investigation into fentanyl trafficking in New York City, federal, state, and local law enforcement officers recovered over 40 pounds of suspected fentanyl, carrying an estimated street value of $1.5 million in The Bronx on Tuesday evening, Sept. 26. They said the latest seizure took place six blocks away from Divino Niño Daycare Center at 2707 Morris Avenue in Kingsbridge Heights, where one-year old Nicholas Dominici experienced fentanyl exposure and later died on Friday, Sept. 15. Three other infants were also hospitalized as a result of being exposed to fentanyl at the same daycare center and are now recovering, as reported.

UPDATE Kingsbridge Heights: 4th Man Arrested in Bronx Daycare Center Fentanyl Murder Case, 2nd Daycare Busted for Guns

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The NYPD said on Thursday, Sept. 21, that additional fentanyl, other narcotics and drug paraphernalia were found on Wednesday under a trap floor at Divino Niño Daycare Center in Kingsbridge Heights where four babies were poisoned with fentanyl on Friday, Sept. 21.

UPDATE: Kingsbridge Heights: Man & Woman Arrested in Baby’s Opioid-Related Death at Bronx Daycare Center

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A 41-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman have been arrested following the fentanyl-related death of a one-year-old baby boy and the hospitalization of three other babies following an apparent multiple overdose situation on Friday, Sept. 15, at Kingsbridge Heights-based Divino Niño Daycare Center, as previously reported.

UPDATE Kingsbridge Armory Gets Funding Boost of $200 Million as NWBCCC Aim to Retain Ownership

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With a few notable exceptions, including Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson, everyone who was anyone in terms of Bronx elected officials was present for a high-profile press conference held inside the long-vacant Kingsbridge Armory on Tuesday, Aug. 8, when it was announced that the armory redevelopment project is to receive a major boost in the form of City and State-backed funding of $200 million.