New charges in a student\u2019s death are putting campus safety back in the spotlight at the Fashion Institute of Technology months after two women were allegedly poisoned inside a dorm room.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, for sure, I\u2019m concerned for my safety, but we do have security 24\/7,\u201d freshman Estefania Bale said.<\/p>\n
Students are now learning more about what prosecutors say happened back in March of this year. They allege 19-year-old Moises Freire gave two women fentanyl, telling them it was cocaine. The new indictment charges Freire with distributing drugs with intent to commit rape.<\/p>\n
At the Drug Enforcement Administration\u2019s New York office, Special Agent in Charge Christopher Roberts explained what investigators found.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t coke laced with fentanyl. It was straight up fentanyl,\u201d Roberts said.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say Freire encouraged both women to take the drug but took none himself. Both lost consciousness almost immediately.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors allege Freire then raped one of them.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe actually said in text to the supplier that it was poison,\u201d Roberts said.<\/p>\n
Investigators say Freire waited about 45 minutes before seeking help, sending photos of the unconscious woman to others.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe reported to the security at the college that they drank too much and passed out, which wasn\u2019t true,\u201d Roberts said.<\/p>\n
Campus security administered Narcan. One woman survived, meanwhile, the other never regained consciousness and later died.<\/p>\n
Freire and alleged supplier Brian Peralta Cabrera face drug conspiracy charges.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think it reflects the school. I think it can happen anywhere, like it\u2019s been happening [in] so many places. I think it\u2019s more of a reflection of our generation,\u201d freshman Marina Friscia said.<\/p>\n
In an email, FIT told students it strengthened safety protocols and training after the death. It\u2019s adding security as public attention grows.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe school\u2019s doing a pretty decent job. I think the students want more information because it happened in a building that, where a lot of freshmen live,\u201d sophomore Kayla Barbier said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New charges in a student\u2019s death are putting campus safety back in the spotlight at the Fashion Institute…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[387,25,98,100,99,388,9,24,12,63,308,27,200],"class_list":["post-375319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-app-public-safety","tag-app-top-stories","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-louis-finley","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-public-safety","tag-top-stories","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}