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NY Post
New York Post
21 Sep 2023


NextImg:More drugs found under trap door at Bronx day care where tot died of fentanyl exposure: sources

More drugs were found hidden under a trap door at the Bronx day-care center where a 1-year-old boy died last week after inhaling fentanyl, law-enforcement sources told The Post Thursday.

Investigators returned to the Morris Avenue apartment building in Kingsbridge about five days after little Nicholas Feliz Dominici was poisoned by the deadly synthetic opioid alongside three other toddlers at the day care – which was also a secret drug mill, authorities said.

Cops found a secret door in the kids’ play room Wednesday that led to a space with even more drugs, the sources said.

It’s not clear why cops went back to the home, or how many drugs they recovered from the scene.

Authorities previously said they uncovered a kilo of fentanyl sitting on mats the children slept on, according to court papers. They also seized several several “kilo presses,” which are usually used to combine the drug with cocaine or heroin.

The basement entrance in back of the building was closed Thursday morning, with a crime scene unit van and a police cruiser parked nearby and police tape blocking the door.

Two people — Grei Mendez De Ventura, the 36-year-old proprietor of Divino Niño Daycare; and her cousin-in-law, Carlisto Acevedo Brito, 41 — have been charged with murder for Nicholas’ death.

Lino’s toddler survived, but Nicholas Feliz Dominici, a 1-year-old boy who also attended the day care, died after also being exposed to the extraordinarily lethal synthetic opioid on Friday.
Gabriella Bass

Grei Mendez De Ventura,

Grei Mendez De Ventura, the 36-year-old owner of Divino Niño Daycare, called several people before alerting authorities.
Tomas E. Gaston

De Ventura phoned her husband (not pictured), who's on the lam and is considered the "main player" in the drug operation.

De Ventura’ cousin-in-law Carlisto Acevedo Brito getting walked out of the 52nd Precinct in the Bronx.
Stephen Yang for the New York Post

De Ventura’s husband – who cops have not publicly identified – is still on the lam.

The group allegedly used the business to cloak their true operation, a fentanyl drug mill.

The two people in custody also face federal drug charges for their alleged crimes, Manhattan federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Nicholas Feliz Dominici

Nicholas Feliz Dominici, the 1-year-old boy who died from possible fentanyl exposure at Divino Niño Daycare.
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A package of fentanyl found in the daycare building.

A package of fentanyl found in the daycare building.
US Attorney Southern District of New York

A kilo press taken from the center by police.

A kilo press taken from the center by police.
US Attorney Southern District of New York

Fentanyl — a powerful opioid that’s at least 50 times stronger than heroin — also sickened an 8-month-old girl and two 2-year-old boys, cops have said.

They were all hospitalized.

On Monday, Mayor Eric Adams said they were saved with naloxone, the overdose-reversal drug commonly known by its brand name, Narcan.

The inside of the Bronx daycare center where the toddler died.

The inside of the Bronx daycare center where the toddler died.
Christopher Sadowski

Police officers removing bags from the daycare.

Police officers removing bags from the daycare.
James Messerschmidt for NY Post

Divino Nino Daycare

The tragic incident occurred at 2707 Morris Ave. in the Bronx.
Christopher Sadowski

Little Nicholas, however, could not be saved.

His death has devastated his family.

“It’s really hard … we are all heartbroken,” the boy’s dad, Otoniel Feliz, said earlier this week outside the family home in Kingsbridge.

Feliz, who is a golf course maintenance worker in Westchester County, said his son had only been going to the day care for about a week before his tragic death.

Cops in hazmat suits outside the day care.
Cops “discovered a kilogram of fentanyl in an area that was used to give the children naps,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny said Monday.
Christopher Sadowski

“The drugs … this is dangerous,” he said. “My boy died. But it can be yours.”

In a Tuesday interview with The Post, the dad of one of the other victims said the drugged-up daycare center’s proprietors should be sent to prison.

“Those are bad people,” Jose Lino, 32, said as he cuddled his little boy, Jaziel, at their Bronx home.

Jaziel narrowly escaped death himself – his parents brought him to a Bronx hospital after they picked him up from the center and he couldn’t walk or wake up.

“They’re supposed to be taking care of little kids,” he said. “They’re not supposed to be doing that … in the same apartment.”