
Owner of Bronx day care sentenced to prison for child's fentanyl death
A federal judge on Monday sentenced one of the owners of a Bronx day care where a 1-year-old died after being exposed to fentanyl to decades behind bars.
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Prior to CBS News New York, Jennifer was a reporter at PIX11 News in NYC - where she worked for nearly six years covering education, crime, Rikers Island, parades, community stories and breaking news.
She has also reported and anchored in Detroit, Orlando and Miami, as well as at News12 Long Island, Westchester, CT, NJ, and News55.
Jennifer has also written stories for NY Newsday, The Amsterdam News, and The Queens Chronicle, and, was once featured on Comedy Central's, Detroiters, as a reporter.
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