El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer anunció que en julio 29, 2025, Simcha Feldman, 34, de Lakewood, was charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child in connection with an incident that occurred on Lakewood on July 29, 2025.
En julio 29, 2025, aproximadamente a 3:15 pm. a Lakewood Township Police Officer was unloading items from his patrol vehicle in the parking lot of the Lakewood Township Police Department when he observed a small child, alone, in a parked vehicle. The vehicle was locked and was not running. The Officer retrieved a lock-out tool from his patrol vehicle, made entry into the parked vehicle, and removed the child. The child was treated by Lakewood First Aid and transported to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood where he was treated and released.
An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Lakewood Township Police Department revealed that Feldman parked his vehicle in the parking lot and left the child – his two year-old son – unattended in the locked vehicle for approximately 24 minutes. When Feldman returned to the vehicle, Fue detenido sin incidentes. He was transported to the Ocean County Jail where he is presently lodged.
El Fiscal Billhimer elogia a la Unidad de Víctimas Especiales de la Fiscalía del Condado de Ocean, Lakewood Township Police Department and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit for their assistance in this investigation.
Los cargos mencionados anteriormente son meras acusaciones y se recuerda a la prensa y al público que todos los acusados se presumen inocentes a menos y hasta que se demuestre su culpabilidad más allá de toda duda razonable en un tribunal de justicia..
RPC. 3.6(b)(6).