Updated 06/21/2012 04:18 PM
Former director of youth center convicted of rape
FRANKLIN COUNTY, N.Y. -- A former director of a youth center in the Adirondacks has been convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl.
On Wednesday, a Franklin County Court jury found Michael Scaringe, 61, guilty of second degree rape, second degree sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child.
Scaringe was arrested in January of 2010, shortly after taking the director position at the Saranac Lake Youth Center.
Police say he raped a girl at his Saranac Lake home in December of 2009.
Scaringe could be looking at two to seven years in prison when sentenced on August 1st.