WILSON — After more than a year of media scrutiny, one of the three students charged in the Wilson baseball hazing case accepted a plea agreement Tuesday night in Town Court.

The 19-year-old Wilson graduate resolved his case with a youthful-offender finding, according to his attorney, Mark E. Gugliemi.

Meanwhile, two other 18-years males, represented by attorneys P. Andrew Vona and Kevin P. Shelby, rejected a plea offer Tuesday.

All of the court proceedings were done behind closed doors in Judge George R. Berger’s chambers.

Gugliemi told The Buffalo News after the proceeding that the youthful- offender finding would leave the teenager with no criminal record and would vindicate him from scandalous and sexual allegations connected to the case.

The Wilson graduate was originally charged April 17, 2008, with one count of first-degree hazing, three counts of second-degree hazing, three counts of forcible touching and one count endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor.

The case is sealed, Gugliemi said, and the plea admits to no sexual contact or injury. “A youthful-offender finding is put in place of a misdemeanor,” he said, “so he is able to move on without a criminal record.”

A sentencing date has not yet been set.

“He had endured a lot over the last year,” Gugliemi said of his client. “He’s glad he can move on and put this case behind him. It allows him to do everything over the summer a normal 19-year-old would do.”

Gugliemi said his client will be preparing for college.

The two other defendants in the case will be facing trial June 27-31. The proceedings will be closed.

Shelby said the parents of the 18- year-olds are relieved with the scheduling because they assumed that the case would go through the summer.

Both attorneys contend that their clients’ actions do not rise to the level of a misdemeanor.

“[The] parents are looking for exoneration, and I think they will get it,” Shelby said. “From Day One, the conduct on the bus never rose from a violation, not a crime, and they were probably overcharged — and that’s probably why there’s a State Police investigation.”