OCEAN TOWNSHIP - A 41-year-old township man was charged with child endangerment after his young son crashed a car into a building, police said.

Shortly before 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Ocean Township police responded to a single-car collision on Rustic Drive where a car had struck a building.

An investigation by Officer Alisa Martinez and Detective Michael Melody determined that the vehicle's owner, Tavaris Reevey, 41, of Ocean Township, left his 4-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter unattended in his running car, police said.

The 4-year-old then climbed into the driver's seat and put the car into reverse, which caused the vehicle to back across the parking lot before striking a brick stairway wall, police said.

Reevey was arrested at the scene and charged with one count of child endangerment, police said.

During the arrest, police also learned that there was an active contempt of court warrant out of Asbury Park in the amount of $250 issued for Reevey, police said.

Reevey was released on his own recognizance on the child endangerment charge pending a future court appearance, while bail was posted on the Asbury Park warrant.

The two children - neither of whom were injured in the crash - were turned over to the care of their mother after the New Jersey Department of Child Protection and Permanency was notified, police said.

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