CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County man is facing charges after prosecutors said his nephew suffered lethal exposure to fentynal that caused the child to have a medical emergency aboard a school bus and die days later.According to prosecutors, 36-year-old Troy Nokes manufactured fentynal at a home in Blackwood where he lived with his 12-year-old nephew.
An investigation found that Nokes made the deadly drug the weekend before the child died and ordered him to clean paraphernalia that contained fentynal.
Authorities responded to Gloucester Township Elementary School Jan. 24 for reports of an unresponsive 12-year-old on a school bus, police said.
The school nurse performed life-saving measures until emergency responders arrived and took the child to Jefferson Hospital in Washington Township.