KENNEWICK -- The case made headlines in Idaho: a camp director accused of sexually abusing boy scout staffers.

Now, reports link that camp scandal to several scouts in our area.

Recently, a grand jury indicted Timothy Kellis on a dozen counts of sex crimes, 10 counts of lewd conduct and two counts of sexual abuse with a child.

He pleaded not guilty to all of them late Monday.

Amidst the mountain biking, camp fires, and canoeing at Camp Grizzly last summer, it took time for investigators to find out about, accusations of sexual misconduct.

"You want them to mostly worry about canoeing and shooting a rifle safely and handy crafts and learning how to swim and those types of things, which 99.9 percent do," Boy Scout Executive Council Mark Griffin said.

Camp Grizzly is a Boy Scout summer camp northeast of Moscow, Idaho.

Leaders said, our local boy scouts often ship off there for the summer since the local council doesn't have a summer camp of its own.

But Blue Mountain Executive, Mark Griffin, got the call last month that grizzly has ties far closer to home.

"Saying that there's a possibility some of our scouts were affected," he said. "You worry about these things happening and it's an enormous amount of stress to worry about and you hope it never happens."

Kellis was a 38-year-old shooting sports director at the camp, and a high school band director from Tumwater, washington. According to reports, Kellis did not have a criminal record.

When investigators issued a warrant he turned himself in.

"That's the challenge of being in those roles: you want to be there and help every kid, help every scout have a successful time, and you can't do it," Griffin said.

So far, four boy scout staffers have come forward, saying they were assaulted.

The alleged victims are all 18 and under.

Court documents report Kellis sometimes approached the boys in their tents where he fondled them and performed sex acts.

"Obviously concern for the kids, and concerns for the family and the people involved," Griffin said.

Those leaders told Action News, once they heard about the case, Boy Scout council sent letters home to all families whose kids or staffers were at Camp Grizzly.

Then the leaders went to work raising awareness about predators and security within the Boy Scouts.

As a matter of policy, they don't allow a troop leader or counselor to be alone with a boy scout.

Plus, Blue Mountain council said they already have two checks in place to prevent wrongdoing.

There's a national Boy Scout application database that checks for criminal backgrounds, as well as local training that every potential hire goes through.

It offers face to face contact to weed out anyone that doesn't suit the scouts.

If there are any red flags, the council said, you're out.

Griffin claimed, in six years, the council only had to eliminate two potential hires, and both of those people were from out of state.

Police and prosecutors are still investigating and encouraging any more possible victims to come forward.

Kellis was still in the county jail Tuesday on $100,000 bail.

His trial date is set for September 15.