Alex Farkas, 25, of Iselin is charged with one count of aggravated sexual assault and two counts each of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.
Alex Farkas, 25, is charged with one count of aggravated sexual assault and two counts each of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said. EDISON - A YMCA bus monitor and summer camp counselor was arrested Monday and charged with sexually assaulting two boys, authorities said on Tuesday.
Alex Farkas, 25, of Iselin is charged with one count of aggravated sexual assault and two counts each of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Chief Thomas Bryan of the Edison Police Department.
The assaults occurred while Farkas was working for the YMCA, according to the prosecutor and police chief.
Farkas was employed as a bus monitor by the Edison Branch of the YMCA and as a camp counselor at the Oakcrest Family Swim Club in Edison, according to Carey and Bryan. The swim club is a YMCA facility.
Scott Lewis, president and CEO at YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge & South Amboy, was not immediately available for comment.
According to the prosecutor and police chief, the investigation determined Farkas sexually assaulted a boy on the bus and at the camp on numerous occasions between March and September.
In a separate case, he was charged with improperly touching another boy on the bus on various occasions between July and September, investigators said.
The investigation began after one of the victims told a relative about the assaults.
The investigation is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Horvath of the Edison Police Department at (732) 248-7344, or Detective Heck of the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office at (732) 745-3600.
Farkas was being held Tuesday at the Middlesex County jail, waiting for bail to be set.
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