BATH — A sentencing hearing ended without a sentence Wednesday in the case of a former physician's assistant who spied on patients and traded drugs for sex.

Richard Brackett, 66, formerly of Litchfield and now of Gardiner, was found guilty in June of four counts of violating privacy by putting cameras in three bedrooms and a bathroom in a clinic building where he worked in Boothbay Harbor.

The same jury convicted him of one count of prostitution, in which he offered drugs in exchange for sex; one count of theft by deception, for falsely submitting more than $1,000 in reimbursement claims to MaineCare; and one count of unlawful trafficking in hydrocodone.

The offenses occurred from June 2005 to July 2006 while Brackett worked at the Urgent Care Medical Clinic in Boothbay Harbor. Brackett, a decorated combat medic, had worked at the facility since 1997.

Justice Andrew Horton agreed to a continuation of the hearing at the request of Brackett's attorney who said issues had arisen with Brackett's health.