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Sharath K. Reddy, 27, of New Milford didn't know the girl and a female friend who'd entered the Park Avenue convenience store around 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, they said.
After locking the front door, Reddy led them to an "isolated area" in back of the store, an investigator wrote in a criminal complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack.
"A subsequent interview was conducted with the defendant where he admitted to fondling and kissing the breasts of the underage victim," the investigator wrote in a criminal complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack.
Reddy also "tried to solicit both juvenile victims to perform sexual acts," Park Ridge Police Capt. Joseph Rampolll said.
Patrons who'd come to the ordinarily busy store and found the door locked grew suspicious when Reddy waved them off, Park Ridge Police Capt. Joseph Rampolla said.
One of them called police, who found the two girls exiting the store, he said.
Reddy remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court. He's charged with criminal sexual contact, luring and child endangerment.
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