MONTVILLE — An Irvington man was arrested Friday after police said he attacked his girlfriend and her toddler son at a Pine Brook motel.

Fairfield police responded to the Knights Inn on Rt. 46 shortly before 3 p.m. on a report of an assault. The 25-year-old woman and the 3-year-old child, who sustained serious injuries, were taken to a nearby hospital, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement. The mother was later released but the boy remained hospitalized Friday night.

Maurice Pearson, 26, was arrested at the scene and charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child, as well as aggravated assault against the woman. Pearson has also been charged with hindering apprehension for allegedly giving police false information.

Pearson was being held at the Morris County Jail on $100,000 bail.

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