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First Posted: 9/5/2013 WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A Kingston man who authorities allege used a 4-year-old boy to gain the trust of two women he sexually assaulted might face more charges.
A third woman came forward with allegations she was assaulted by William Esser, prosecutors said on Thursday. Investigators questioned the woman and might file additional charges at a later date. It remained unknown Thursday if Esser had the boy with him during this alleged incident.
Authorities in Wilkes-Barre and Hanover Township allege Esser, 27, was caring for the boy when he raped a woman on the top floor of the James F. Coughlin Intermodal Parking Garage on South Washington Street on June 24, and had the boy in a rear car seat when he drove another woman to a secluded area on Great Valley Boulevard and forced her to perform a lewd sex act on July 1, according to arrest records.
Esser appeared in magisterial district court Thursday and waived his right to a preliminary hearing, sending felony charges of rape and sexual assault filed by city police to Luzerne County Court. He previously waived a single felony count of sexual assault filed by township police to county court.
Esser&#8217;s attorney, county Public Defender Mark Singer, told him that something might be filed &#8220;down the road and we&#8217;ll deal with it then.&#8221;
Esser remains jailed at the county correctional facility for lack of $70,000 bail.

Rape suspect could face more charges