Prosecutor: Man Touched Boy's 'Intimate' Parts, Tried Kidnapping Another at Rockaway Mall

A Morris County man has been lodged in jail after allegedly inappropriately touching a 5-year-old boy at the Rockaway Mall and threatening another while trying to kidnap him, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp announced.

Kyriakos Serghides, 34, of Rockaway was arrested Thursday after allegedly approaching a 5-year-old boy at the Target Department Store in Rockaway and told the boy to go with the man or else the boy would be cut, Knapp said.

Serghides was also connected to an incident that occurred inside the mall on Aug. 28, when he allegedly “contacted a victim’s intimate parts” while in the bathroom, Knapp said. That boy was also 5-years-old, Knapp said.

The incidents and alleged victims were not related in any way.

Serghides was lodged in Morris County Correctional Facility in lieu of $400,000 bail - $200,00 for each incident – and no 10-percent option. If Serghides posts bail, he is prohibited from having contact with the victims or anyone child under the age of 18.

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.

Anyone with information relating to the charges is urged to contact the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes/Child Endangerment Unit at 973-285-6200.