Heroin Discovered in 2-Year-Old Boy's Jacket at NJ Day Care Center

The boy's father was later arrested.

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Police in New Jersey arrested a man after several heroin packets of heroin were discovered in his son's jacket at the boy's day care center.

The Patterson Press reports that 48 glassinesof heroin were found inside of the 2-year-old boy's jacket by an employee at Michael's Energy Center on Monday. The boy was unaware that there were drugs in his jacket, and no other children were exposed to the heroin.

According to Lt. Bert Ribiero, authorities learned that the child had been dropped off by his father that morning. Phillips Young, 27, of Paterson, N.J. was arrested charged with endangering the welfare of a child. 

[via The Patterson Press]

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