LAKEWOOD, N.J. — A 34-year-old Lakewood man is facing charges after authorities said his 2-year-old child was found locked alone in a vehicle outside the Lakewood Township Police Department on Tuesday.
Prosecutors said that around 3:15 p.m., a Lakewood Township police officer spotted the unattended child in a locked, non-running vehicle in the department’s parking lot. The officer used a lock-out tool to enter the car and remove the child, who was then treated by Lakewood First Aid and transported to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, where he was evaluated and released.
An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Lakewood police determined that Simcha Feldman had left his son in the car for about 24 minutes. Feldman was taken into custody without incident and was later released under New Jersey Bail Reform laws.
Officials said the investigation involved assistance from the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit.