A Wilmington man has been charged with a misdemeanor offense leaving heroin accessible to a 14-year-old teen, who died last June.

On Thursday, Robert Delacruz, 36, was initially charged with a felony and misdemeanor offense of endangering the life or health of a child.

The felony charge alleged Delacruz “left heroin accessible” to a child on June 3, 2025 and the “violation was a proximate cause of death” to the child.

But prosecutors dropped the felony charge on the same day it was filed, according to the court docket.

As a result, Delacruz only faces the misdemeanor charge of endangering the life or health of a child by leaving the heroin accessible to the child.

On Friday, the Wilmington Police Department posted a news release on Facebook that was relatively sparse on the circumstances that led the death of the 14-year-old.

Officers responded to a Fulton Street residence on June 3 for a report of a 14-year-old male who was not breathing.

“Though CPR was conducted by family members, the juvenile was pronounced deceased upon the arrival of emergency personnel,” according to the Wilmington police statement.

Delacruz was allowed pretrial release on Thursday because he has not been charged with an offense eligible for detention under the SAFE-T Act.

Delacruz has been on pretrial release in a 2024 case on a charge of gunrunning for allegedly providing several firearms to a Joliet man.

Prosecutors did not file a petition to revoke Delacruz’s pretrial release in the 2024 case as a result of the new case that was filed on Thursday.