SMYRNA – The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 24-year-old Smyrna man on March 17, claiming he molested a 4-year-old child placed under his care.

Investigators said Tommy Lee Kessinger Sr. was arraigned on the charges in Guilford Town Court and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility in lieu of $5,000 cash bail or $10,000 bond. Police said the charges involved Kessinger having “sexual contact with a 4-year-old he was baby-sitting,” in the Village of Smyrna.

Kessinger is charged with first degree sexual abuse, a D class felony, and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor.