Authorities have charged a man in the beating death of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son at a New Jersey inn.
The Record reports that 26-year-old Maurice Pearson of Pine Brook has been charged with first-degree murder in the child's April 13 death and also faces weapons charges.
Police say both the child and his 25-year-old mother were assaulted April 10 at the Knights Inn on Route 46 in Pine Brook. Pearson faces an aggravated assault charge stemming from her beating. The boy died at a hospital three days later.
Pearson was jailed on $1 million bail.
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