Fontanez Arrest Clouds Boy's Adoption Case; 3-Year-Old's Birth Mother Already Is in Prison for His Injuries, Death of His Twin

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A judge's decision on the fate of a 3-year-old boy who survived being violently thrown by his overwhelmed mother as an infant has been delayed because the boy's father a former leader in the Latino community was arrested on a charge of possession with intent to deliver more than 100 pounds of cocaine.

Modesto "Mo" Fontanez, 46, who founded the Latin Kings street gang in Milwaukee and is the founder and former director of the Latino Community Center, was arrested April 7 during a traffic stop in Las Vegas, court records show. Based on federal authorities' estimates of the street price of cocaine, the 49 kilograms that law enforcers say was in the pickup that Fontanez was driving was worth $4.9 million to $7.35 million.

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Fontanez Arrest Clouds Boy's Adoption Case; 3-Year-Old's Birth Mother Already Is in Prison for His Injuries, Death of His Twin

On Friday, as Fontanez faced federal authorities in Nevada, Milwaukee County Children's Court Judge Mary Triggiano was scheduled to decide whether to terminate the parental rights of the boy's mother. That would open the door for Fontanez's wife of 19 years, Diana, to adopt the ...

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