Husband of N.Y.C. Daycare Owner Pleads Guilty After 1-Year-Old Boy Dies of Fentanyl Poisoning

Felix Herrera Garcia pleaded guilty to three federal charges, which carry a mandatory minimum 20-year sentence and a maximum lifetime sentence

In a statement obtained by PEOPLE on June 10, Bronx County District Attorney Darcel D. Clark confirmed that Herrera Garcia, 35, pleaded guilty to three federal counts that lead to “the fatal fentanyl ingestion of 22-month-old Nicholas Dominici and the injury to three other babies at the Divino Niño Day Care Center in the Bronx on September 15, 2023.”

“[He] has now been held accountable in the tragic loss of little Nicholas, the serious injury of Abel, and the harm to Kiara and Jaziel,” Clark concluded, naming the victims, who were all younger than 3 years old.

All three charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison, Clark and U.S. Attorney Damian Williams noted on Monday.