Oakland mom, boyfriend arrested after 5-year-old overdoses on fentanyl, cocaine

OAKLAND, Calif. An Oakland mother and her boyfriend are facing child abuse charges after the woman’s 5-year-old son passed out after dinner and was later found to have fentanyl and cocaine in his system, authorities said.

The boy ate dinner on the evening of June 21 with his mother, 35-year-old Sarah Rothenberg; her boyfriend, 28-year-old Mario Houston Rojas; and the child’s grandfather at a home on Thornhill Drive, according to an Alameda County probable cause arrest document.

The grandfather is the child’s legal guardian.

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