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Updated: Thursday, 26 Nov 2009, 3:41 AM EST
Published : Wednesday, 25 Nov 2009, 5:51 PM EST

By Darren Soens
Kathryn Sotnik

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) - A Fall River father is accused of locking his two young children in the trunk of his car.

Only Eyewitness News was there, as 35-year-old Michael Monahan was arraigned on child endangerment and assault charges Wednesday.

Police say Monahan put his kids, ages 3 and 6, in the trunk of his Pontiac Trans Am for several minutes while he went inside a Fall River sailing shop to run an errand Tuesday morning.

According to court records, Monahan told investigators the boys like to play in the trunk. But police charged him with two counts of assault and reckless endangerment of a child.

He pleaded not guilty and was released on cash bail.

The children are now in the custody of their mother.

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