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Owner of NYC day care where toddler fatally ingested fentanyl gets 45 years in prison

  • Grei Mendez has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for drug charges related to the death of a toddler at her day care in New York City.
  • Judge Jed S. Rakoff imposed the sentence while describing Mendez’s actions as putting vulnerable children in harm's way.
  • Mendez apologized during the sentencing, expressing anguish, but faced strong anger from the parents of the deceased child, Nicholas Feliz-Dominici.
  • Acting U.S. Attorney Matthew Podolsky stated that Mendez ignored warning signs and stored over 11 kilograms of fentanyl in the day care.
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A former daycare owner in the Bronx has been sentenced to 45 years after pleading guilty to several drug charges, leading to the death of a 22-month-old.

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Owner of Bronx day care where toddler fatally ingested fentanyl gets 45 years in prison

A woman who owned a New York City day care center where a toddler died after ingesting fentanyl has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal drug charges.

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Devastated mom rails against trembling owner of NYC daycare where son, 1, died of fentanyl OD – as feds reveal she never administered Narcan: ‘Do not forgive you’

The devastated mother of a 1-year-old baby who died from fentanyl exposure at a Bronx daycare that doubled as a drug mill said the owner deserved no mercy as she was sentenced Monday to 45 years in prison.

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Owner of NYC day care where toddler fatally ingested fentanyl gets 45 years in prison

A woman who owned a New York City day care center where a toddler died after ingesting fentanyl has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal drug charges.

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Former day care owner sentenced for trafficking drugs that killed 1-year-old

In September 2023, police raided the Davino Nino day care center in Kingsbridge after they said multiple young children were found unconscious.

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Gothamist broke the news in New York, United States on Monday, March 3, 2025.
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