Crime & Safety
After Baby Ingests Cocaine, Man And Woman Arrested: Bergen County Prosecutor
A baby was brought to a hospital in Bergen County and found to have ingested cocaine, prosecutors said.
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A baby hospitalized in Bergen County had ingested cocaine, prosecutors said Wednesday. Two people were arrested and charged.
The Bergenfield Police Department received a 911 call on Monday regarding an "infant experiencing a medical episode," said the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.
The child was taken to an area hospital, where tests revealed the presence of the controlled dangerous substance.
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An investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Bergenfield Police Department
determined that Raymond Sylvester, 55, of Bergenfield, and Leshawnda Nixon, 33, of Brooklyn, "endangered the welfare of the child in Bergenfield, NJ on one occasion," prosecutors said.
As a result of the investigation, on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, the pair were arrested in Hackensack and each charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance, namely cocaine.
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Sylvester and Nixon were taken to the Bergen County Jail pending their first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.
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