MAYS LANDING –– Atlantic County Prosecutor Theodore F. L. Housel announced Sept. 21 that a 51-year-old Ocean City man was sentenced to 18 years in state prison for sexually assaulting a young boy.

Thomas Harris was convicted by a Superior Court June 13 on charges of sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and multiple counts of endangering the welfare of a child, Assistant Prosecutor Lynn Heyer said.

Harris had been lodged in Atlantic County jail without bail since his conviction.