AUBURN -- A former Boy Scout volunteer received the maximum sentence Tuesday of seven years in prison with 10 years post release supervision for two felony counts of first-degree sexual abuse and two misdemeanor counts of second-degree sexual abuse.

Charles H. Seamans, 46, of 26 Evergreen Lane, Weedsport, a former assistant scoutmaster with the Boy Scout's Cayuga County Council, was convicted in Cayuga County Court May 20 of molesting a 10-year-old and a 14-year-old during Scout related activities.

With both the victims' families present in court, Cayuga County Judge Mark Fandrich delivered the maximum sentence allowed be law instead of the four-year prison sentence which had been recomended.

"A person like you is really a parents worst nightmare, you victimized these boys ... and you victimized the community," Fandriched said.

Cayuga County District Attorney Jon Budelmann said Seamans, who was with the Boy Scouts for 10 years, had groomed the victim's and their families,

"(Seamans) was in a position of trust as a Scout leader and he abused that trust," Budelmann said. "He groomed the victims and the community. He gained the trust of the parents and the children and violated that trust."

Read the full report in Wednesday's edition of The Citizen.