LAKEWOOD – A township man was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after police found his 2-year-old son alone in a locked, sweltering parked car outside the Lakewood Township Police Department, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.
Authorities confirm that on July 29 at about 3:15 p.m., a Lakewood police officer unloading his patrol vehicle noticed the child inside the car, which was not running. The officer used a lock-out tool to gain entry and removed the child, who was then treated by Lakewood First Aid and transported to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, where he was treated and released.
An investigation revealed that the child’s father, 34-year-old Simcha Feldman, had left the boy unattended in the vehicle for approximately 24 minutes. Feldman was taken into custody without incident upon returning to the car and was lodged in the Ocean County Jail.
Billhimer credited the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, Lakewood Township Police Department and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit for their work on the case.
