A Bronx drug case with devastating fallout has moved into federal court, with prosecutors accusing a longtime neighborhood dealer of pushing fentanyl that they say killed three people, including a 12‑year‑old boy who lived in the same apartment where the drugs and guns were allegedly stored.
Federal prosecutors say the years‑long narcotics operation ran out of a Longwood‑area apartment and ended in a string of fatal overdoses in 2022. The case has turned a spotlight on how fentanyl and its chemical cousins can seep into family spaces, not just back‑alley deals.
The United States Attorney’s Office says the original federal indictment was unsealed on March 25, and that prosecutors later filed a superseding indictment as the investigation developed. The defendant was transferred from state custody into federal custody as the case advanced, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton warned that “if you deal fentanyl, you are dealing death,” and credited investigators from the NYPD and the DEA. The matter is being handled by the SDNY Narcotics Unit.
How prosecutors say the drugs killed two adults
According to federal court documents, on May 29, 2022, the defendant allegedly sold drugs to a man named Alex DeFilippo, who then went back to the apartment of Kyla McCarthy. Data from McCarthy’s phone later showed searches for information about naloxone that same day…