Man charged in alleged fentanyl death, rape case after FIT student dies in dorm – CBS News

Man charged in alleged fentanyl death, rape case after FIT student dies in dorm  CBS News

Federal prosecutors allege a 19-year-old supplied fentanyl he claimed was cocaine to two FIT students, resulting in one death and serious injuries to another. A 19-year-old man is facing federal charges after prosecutors allege he supplied fentanyl disguised as cocaine to two students at the Fashion Institute of Technology, causing one woman's death and seriously injuring another, and sexually assaulting one of the students while she was incapacitated. Federal investigators say the incident happened in March inside a dormitory at the campus in Manhattan. According to prosecutors, the two roommates believed they were using cocaine, but the substance was actually fentanyl. "A very strong dose of fentanyl," DEA New York Task Force Division Special Agent in Charge Christopher Roberts said.

Prosecutors allege Moises Freire had taken the same drugs a week earlier and told a friend he felt sick, describing the substance as "poison" and saying it was not cocaine. Despite that, authorities say Freire later brought the drugs to the women's dorm room and told them it was "pure coke." "He knew that it was extremely strong and that it was poison and he still supplied the drugs," Roberts said. According to the indictment, both women lost consciousness almost immediately after taking the drug. Prosecutors allege Freire raped one of the women while she was incapacitated, took photographs of