An individual who contaminated treats with tranquilliser and distributed them to youngsters at a summer program in the area has confessed to sexual crimes against two boys aged nine and ten years old.
Jon Ruben was taken into custody after eight minors and a grown-up fell ill at the facility in mid-summer.
The elderly man, from the Nottinghamshire area, pleaded guilty to a series of 17 offences when he was present at the judicial center on recently.
However, he denied a single sexual charge he was facing, which was involving a nine-year-old boy.
The defendant was remanded in custody ahead of a further hearing on 28 November.
'Treat game'
The legal representative, handling the case, described Ruben's offending to the judicial body.
She said his targets were under-privileged children who were staying at a youth camp which he managed.
The defendant conducted a "sweet game" with the youngsters, the legal counsel stated, in which he would access the boys' rooms when they were settling down and ask them to eat sweets "as quickly as they can".
She informed the proceedings the man had engaged in this activity with the young males "for many years", and children had previously fallen ill the subsequent day.
She explained the man had been capable of justifying this for many years as the youngsters being "overstimulated by activities", until his stepson had suspicions in recently.
The legal representative stated further: "In the summer" his stepchild had worries about what was going on, for good reason.
"They resolved" to have a look in the individual's items."
The legal counsel explained materials including lubricant, ointment and injection devices were located, and his family member contacted the police about his concerns.
She explained Ruben went on to engage in the "treat game" with six youngsters that night - Saturday 26 July - and they were everyone unwell the subsequent day.
"The police had not gone out by that point," she continued.
The regulatory agency, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, previously told that it was reviewing the police response of the situation.
The legal representative stated the children were unable to walk properly due to being ill, so the family member notified the police a second time.
She explained the defendant then played the "sweet game" in a space of five children.
