A Barnegat man was recently charged with endangering the welfare of child and jailed after police said they discovered evidence of him abusing his 6-year-old son in the township on March 20. The boy died on April 2.

Christopher Gregor, 29, was released last Friday from Ocean County Jail after a hearing before Superior Court Judge Wendel Daniels, which was a continuation of proceedings two days earlier. His next court date in Sept. 15.