Five arrested in New York City fentanyl case

Five people were arrested Thursday in a case linked to the 2023 overdose deaths of Robert De Niro’s grandson and Chris Stein’s daughter, according to law enforcement sources. Prosecutors said the defendants—Grant McIver, Bruce Epperson, Eddie Barreto, John Nicolas and Roy Nicolas—were part of a network that pushed thousands of counterfeit opioid pills laced with fentanyl to teens and young adults in New York City. The indictment attributes three 19-year-old deaths to the fentanyl pills, including Leandro De Niro-Rodriguez and Akira Stein; their names were confirmed to ABC News.

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