An Albert Lea Level 3 sex offender charged after cutting his ankle bracelet last November in Albert Lea was placed on probation for up to five years Thursday in Freeborn County District Court.

Cody Padraic Trott, 27, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty in October to felony escape from custody. He was sentenced to nearly 1 1/2 years in prison, which was stayed for up to five years.

Court documents state Trott was charged after he ran from a Minnesota Department of Corrections agent who visited him at his house Nov. 9, 2016, in Albert Lea.

The Fugitive Apprehension Unit reportedly responded, and the cut GPS bracelet was found on Front Street.

Trott was arrested three days later and transported to the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater.

At the time, Trott was on intensive supervised release after finishing his four-year prison sentence for third-degree criminal sexual conduct in July 2016.

Authorities were looking to commit Trott as a sexually dangerous offender at the time of the incident. The case was dismissed in late July after doctors did not recommend his appointment.