Police responded to 850 Montgomery St., near St. Peter's University, around 11 a.m. Sunday morning after receiving a report of a child left unattended in an SUV. Witnesses said the six-year-old was left alone overnight for about nine hours, according to NJ.com, which first reported the story.
Zakaria Moustafa, 51, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. His relationship to the child was not immediately known.
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