Another Boy, 10, Says Man Touched His 'Intimate Parts' in Rockaway Mall Bathroom

The Rockaway man accused of touching the genitals of a five-year-old boy in a mall bathroom and threatening to cut another in a Target Department Store has been identified by yet another alleged victim in a similar incident.

Kyriakos Serghides, 34, has been identified by a 10-year-old boy who alleged the Rockaway man touched his “intimate parts” in the Food Court bathroom at the Rockaway Mall on Aug. 28, nj.com reported.

Serghides was initially jailed on Thursday, Sept. 10 after a five-year-old boy said a man, later identified as Serghides, inside the Target store told the child to come with him or he’d be cut, Prosecutor Fredric Knapp said.

The 10-year-old boy came forward after media reports told of the arrest and jailing of Serghides, nj.com reported. Because of the third alleged victim, Serghides had his bail set at $600,000 with no 10-percent option - $200,000 for each alleged incident.

According to dailyrecord.com, the bathroom where the alleged first incident occurred is located inside the food court area of the mall. The alleged victim told police Serghides used his hand and touched the boy’s genitals and then said, “There we go.”

At the Target store, according to the report, Serghides told a 5-year-old boy who was standing alone, “If you say anything I’m going to cut you up,” after the man told the alleged victim he needed to come with him.

When police interviewed Serghides in connection with the alleged incidents last week, they found a pocket knife in the man’s pants waistband, the report said. According to the affidavit, Serghides admitted to speaking with the boy in Target, but only asked to accompany him to customer service and didn’t make any threats, the report said.

Serghides was charged in Morris County in 2006 with child endangerment, but the charges were administratively dismissed, the dailyrecord.com report said. He pleaded guilty to burglary-related charges in 2003.

He was charged in 2013 with criminal mischief and possession of marijuana stemming from an incident at a gas station in Madison, and two charges of threats to kill in Essex County in 2011.

In the Rockaway Mall incidents, Serghides was charged with attempted kidnapping, luring, sexual assault, terroristic threats, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.