The operator of a Bronx day care and a relative are facing drug charges after a 1-year-old boy died and three other children became dangerously ill.
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Brito's room, which he rented for $200 a week, also held equipment suggesting a large drug operation: a"kilo press," authorities say, adding that the equipment is used to recompress drugs in powder form. Two other presses were found elsewhere in the day care. The Bronx district attorney's office charged Mendez and Brito with murder and attempted murder, as well as depraved indifference.he doesn't believe his client knew what Brito was doing in the room she rented.
Because of the circumstances and other phone evidence, Harrell said, the actions were consistent with someone attempting to hide evidence.
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