California parents charged with stashing 25,000 fentanyl pills under 1-year-old's crib

2024-12-24 02:48:44 source: category:Scams

A Northern California couple is facing drug and child endangerment charges after prosecutors said authorities found a backpack with nearly 25,000 fentanyl pills inside it underneath their child’s crib.

Octavian Moreno, 27, and Krystal Delgado, 23, are charged with three counts of possessing narcotics for sale, one count of child endangerment, and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm, according to release from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.

The office is in the southern San Francisco Bay Area.

The parent’s arrest stemmed from a task force operation involving what head Prosecutor Jeff Rosen's office called the largest seizure of the deadly opioid in the history of the county.

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1-year-old baby playing in play pen a few feet from drugs

According to the release, law enforcement served a search warrant at the family's home on Tuesday and the couple were arraigned on the felony charges in court on Thursday.

The Santa Clara County Specialized Enforcement Team conducted the search and also found 13 pounds of marijuana, 1.5 pounds of cocaine, a loaded firearm, two digital scales, and nearly $4,000 in cash. Authorities found 13 pounds of fentanyl in pills in plastic bags and the couple’s 1-year-old baby playing in his playpen a few feet away from one of the bags of marijuana.

The cocaine was found in a kitchen cabinet next to the baby’s formula, prosecutors reported, while the illegal firearm was in an unlocked drawer in the same kitchen.

Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on X @nataliealund.

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