A Watertown man was sentenced Friday in Jefferson County Court to 2½ years in state prison for having sexual intercourse with a minor in May.

Andrew M. Thomas, 23, whose last known address was 613 Franklin St., also will have to undergo an additional five years of supervision upon his release from prison and will be ordered to register with the state as a sex offender after pleading guilty Aug. 13 to third-degree rape. He had been charged with having intercourse with a 16-year-old girl May 5 in Watertown.

Mr. Thomas was sentenced in November 2006 in Jefferson County Court to 10 years’ probation after he pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual abuse in a case involving a boy under the age of 11. The sex offender registry lists Mr. Thomas as a Level 2 offender as a result of that conviction.

In other court activity:

Paige H. Johnson, 24, Rochester, was sentenced to six months in the Metro-Jefferson Public Safety Building and five years’ probation for an earlier guilty plea to third-degree attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance. She had been charged in a grand jury indictment handed up in May with selling cocaine within the county in mid-January.

John M. Merideth, 33, Adams, pleaded guilty to fifth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance. He admitted that on July 19 he gave or sold Lorcet, a controlled substance, to another person in Adams. He is expected to be sentenced Nov. 20 to an unspecified amount of time served at the PSB and five years’ probation.

Brian L. Roach, 36, Watertown, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree attempted larceny. He admitted that he tried to steal more than $1,000 worth of merchandise from Sears in the Salmon Run Mall on June 23. Police said at the time of his arrest that he tried to steal a 46-inch LED TV from the town of Watertown. He subsequently was sentenced to time served since July 3 at the PSB. He also paid $1,080 restitution up front.

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