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The wife of late ABC News producer Dax Tejera was arrested on child endangerment charges just hours after he died of a heart attack two days before Christmas, it has emerged.
Veronica Tejera was arrested by NYPD officers and charged with two counts of 'acting in a manner injurious to a child' after her husband died of a heart attack in New York.
Police received a 911 call at 11pm over 'unattended children' at 50 Vanderbilt Avenue in Manhattan, home of the members-only Yale Club hotel.
They discovered 'a 2-year-old female and a 5-month-old female were left alone inside of a hotel room for an extended period of time'. Police did not identify the children but their ages are the same as the Tejeras' daughters.
Veronica Tejera was given a desk ticket which will require her to appear in court at a future date, police said.
Tejera with his children and wife Veronica, who was arrested on child endangerment charges just hours after his death on December 23
Veronica Tejera was arrested by NYPD officers and charged with two counts of 'acting in a manner injurious to a child' after her husband died of a heart attack in New York
Variety, which first reported her arrest, said Veronica did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
ABC This Week Executive Producer Dax Tejera died unexpectedly aged 37.
He worked with George Stephanopoulos and Martha Raddatz, recently traveling to London to contribute to the network's coverage of the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
In a memo to staff on Christmas Eve, ABC News President Kim Godwin said: 'It’s with a heavy heart and great sadness that we share that our friend and colleague, Dax Tejera passed away suddenly of a heart attack last night.
Tejera had worked at ABC since 2017, when he started as a Senior Producer at the network's
