🔗 Share this article Man admits sexual offenses targeting young males at youth camp Jon Ruben pleaded guilty to 17 criminal counts at the courthouse on Friday An individual who spiked candy with sleeping medication and provided them to youngsters at a summer program in Leicestershire has confessed to sexual crimes against two boys aged nine and 10. Jon Ruben was arrested after eight children and one adult became sick at the facility in the summer month. The 76-year-old, from the Nottinghamshire area, pleaded guilty to a multiple criminal counts when he stood at the judicial center on the end of the week. Yet, he refused to admit one of the sexual offences he was charged with, which was concerning a nine-year-old boy. Ruben was kept in jail before a additional proceeding on 28 November. 'Sweet game' The legal representative, prosecuting, detailed the criminal behavior to the judicial body. She explained his victims were children from difficult backgrounds who were attending a youth camp which he ran. Ruben conducted a "treat game" with the minors, the prosecutor explained, in which he would enter the children's bedrooms when they were getting ready for bed and tell them to eat sweets "as quickly as they can". She informed the proceedings Ruben had engaged in this activity with the young males "over an extended period", and youngsters had earlier experienced illness the following morning. She stated Ruben had been successful in rationalizing this repeatedly as the children being "overstimulated by activities", until his family member had worries in recently. Mrs Prior KC continued: "Recently" his family member had worries about the situation, justifiably. "They decided to examine in the man's possessions." Mrs Prior KC explained materials including lubricant, petroleum jelly and injection devices were located, and his family member notified the police about his worries. She stated the man went on to engage in the "treat game" with six youngsters that evening - that Saturday - and they were all sick the next day. "Authorities" had not gone out by that time," she continued. The regulatory agency, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, had stated that it was reviewing law enforcement's management of the events. The prosecutor explained the minors were having difficulty walking due to their sickness, so the family member contacted the law enforcement again. She explained Ruben then played the "candy game" in a space of five children.