NJ man, 35, arrested after 1-year-old baby OD's on fentanyl

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PARAMUS, N.J. (1010 WINS) — Police arrested a 35-year-old New Jersey man on Thursday after a 13-month-old baby overdosed on fentanyl Wednesday, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office.

The baby was revived with Naloxone at a local hospital. Authorities did not say what condition the infant is in.

Geraldo Colon was arrested in Paramus and charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Officials have not specified what his relationship to the baby is or how the child ingested fentanyl.

Colon is being held at Bergen County Jail pending his first court appearance.

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