PARIS – A man who pleaded guilty to threatening a police officer with a padlock will serve an additional year in prison after being indicted on new criminal conduct.

James Merton Knightly, 25, of 27 Egypt Road in Gray, will serve two years in prison on a probation revocation from a 2005 case and an additional year on charges of Class C reckless conduct and Class D operating under the influence.

Knightly pleaded guilty to the charges on Jan. 8. According to a plea bargain then, Knightly was to serve two years on the probation revocation and a consecutive two-year sentence for the new charges was suspended.

Assistant District Attorney Richard Beauchesne withdrew the offer due to Knightly’s indictment in Androscoggin County on a charge of Class B robbery. Knightly is accused of robbing a 26-year-old man of his wallet and $30 on Jan. 18 in Lewiston.

According to an affidavit by Officer Timothy Reese, then of the Bethel Police Department, Reese observed Knightly driving erratically as the officer was driving his personal vehicle after going off-duty around 3 a.m. on July 26.

Reese stated that Knightly eventually pulled over and approached him in a threatening manner with a shiny object in his hand. Reese drew his weapon and ordered Knightly to the ground, and Knightly threw the object into a ditch. It was later discovered to be a large padlock with a bandanna wrapped around it, enabling it to be swung like a weapon.

Knightly was found to have a .13 percent blood alcohol level, above the legal limit of .08 percent. He was held at the Oxford County Jail before being released to the St. Francis House in November on a Maine Pre-Trial Services contract.

Knightly’s sentencing was continued to Thursday after his plea. According to a letter from Beauchesne to defense attorney Kelly McMorran, the continuation was to allow Knightly to complete the program at the St. Francis House.

Beauchesne stated in the letter that Knightly has “utterly failed to abide by his responsibilities under this plea bargain.”

In Oxford County Superior Court on Thursday, Beauchesne asked for a straight one-year sentence concurrent to the probation revocation. He will also pay a $500 fine and lose his driver’s license for 90 days, conditions which were part of the original plea.