A registered sex offender has been sentenced to life in prison after a Collin County jury found him guilty of sexually assaulting a girl.
David R. Sanchez, 66, of Princeton was convicted Oct. 9 of two counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact with an 11-year-old girl, according to the Collin County District Attorney’s Office.
Sanchez was previously convicted in 2008 of indecency with a child by sexual contact in McLennan County and sentenced to eight years in prison. He was released in 2013 and moved to Princeton.
“It’s unacceptable that someone who has already served time for sexually abusing a child chose to do it again,” Collin County district attorney Greg Willis said in a news release.
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In September 2024, a neighbor noticed Sanchez regularly talking to the 11-year-old girl at a bus stop, according to the news release. He offered her candy, money, and toys and told her to keep quiet about the abuse. The girl later told her mother, which initiated a police investigation.
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The child provided detailed information of the abuse after being forensically interviewed at the Children’s Advocacy Center at Collin County, the release said. Sanchez was again arrested for indecency with a child by sexual contact.
Jurors also heard about Sanchez’s 1986 attempted voluntary manslaughter conviction and two pending stalking charges of two children in Milam County.
“Because of this brave young victim and the tireless work of Princeton Police and our prosecution team, this predator will never again be free to harm another child, and our community is safer for it,” said Willis.