A Houston-area father was arrested this week in connection with the fentanyl poisoning death of his underage son.
According to prosecutors, Emilio Dominguez Sr., 36, smoked marijuana with his 13-year-old son and then gave him a fentanyl-laced pill at the family's Baytown home in August.
Someone else in the home raised concerns about the boy.
"A person in the house told the defendant, 'You might want to get this kid some help, he needs to go to the hospital,' and he said, 'Oh well, he'll just sleep it off, he'll be fine,'" Assistant DA Edward Applebaum said.
The boy was found dead the next day. His cause of death was later ruled as fentanyl poisoning.
Dominguez was arrested Wednesday and charged with injury to a child by omission.
At a hearing Friday, prosecutors asked for a $500,000 bond based on Dominguez's criminal history include drug and weapons charges.
The judge set a $150,000 bond and ordered Dominguez to stay away from anyone under the age of 17, including his own children.