US EditionCouple Sentenced to 25 Years to Life in Fentanyl-Related Death at Bronx Day Care
Daycare operators received 25 years to life for fentanyl trafficking that caused one toddler's death and poisoned three others, prosecutors said children were used as drug shields.
- On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, Grei Mendez, day care operator, and Felix Herrera-Garcia, her husband and co-defendant, were sentenced to 25 years to life in Bronx Supreme Court.
- At the Bronx home daycare on September 15, 2023, four babies were exposed to fentanyl stored in a nap room, leading to one child's death, prosecutors say.
- Searches uncovered one kilogram in a closet and twelve kilos of opioids under a playroom trap door, along with fentanyl on playmats and kilo presses plus packaging paraphernalia inside the daycare.
- Families and Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark spoke after the sentencing, noting the death of Nicholas and the survival of three children after Narcan treatment, while the defendants serve 45-year federal sentences concurrently.
- Following the November 2025 convictions, State Supreme Court Judge Margaret Clancy imposed maximum state sentences and added assault terms of 25 years for Grei Mendez and seven years for Felix Herrera-Garcia.
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Mom of baby who died from fentanyl at Bronx daycare lashes out at owners at sentencing
The mother of a 1-year-old boy who died after being exposed to fentanyl at a Bronx daycare says she hopes the owner of the facility never gets to see her own children grow up. Daycare owners Grei Mendez and her husband Felix Herrera-Garcia were each sentenced Tuesday to 25 years to life in prison for the September 2023 murder. ”The justice that Nicholas deserves is that this woman, whose name I find difficult to bear, never gets out of jail, tha…
Couple found guilty in fatal day care fentanyl poisoning to be sentenced
BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) -- The couple found guilty in the fentanyl poisoning death of a baby boy and exposure of three other children is set to be sentenced in their state case. Grei Mendez and Feliz-Herrera-Garcia are facing sentencing in their state case after being found guilty of second-degree murder and assault. The couple was [...]
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