{"id":384199,"date":"2026-07-23T19:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/384199\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T19:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:31:17","slug":"princeton-man-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-prohibited-sexual-conduct-with-relative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/384199\/","title":{"rendered":"Princeton man sentenced to life in prison for prohibited sexual conduct with relative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">MCKINNEY, Texas &#8211; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/collin-county\/princeton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Princeton<\/a> man has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of prohibited sexual conduct with a relative, according to the Collin County Criminal District Attorney&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Amarillo police responded on Sept. 10, 2024, to a delayed report of sexual assault involving a 17-year-old, according to the Collin County Criminal District Attorney&#8217;s Office. The victim told police that Leslie Price had sexually assaulted her in Princeton.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/leslie-price-new.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Investigators said the victim was about three months pregnant with Price&#8217;s child when officers responded. Authorities seized two of Price&#8217;s cellphones and said they found Google searches asking whether a 17-year-old could become pregnant, how to obtain an abortion and the age of consent in Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">DNA testing determined Price was the biological father of the child.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, prosecutors presented DNA evidence that they said proved Price engaged in sexual intercourse with the 17-year-old relative. During the punishment phase, prosecutors also introduced evidence of Price&#8217;s prior convictions for assault-family violence and engaging in organized criminal activity.<\/p>\n<p>The judge sentenced Price, 41, to life in prison, the maximum sentence.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;He committed the ultimate betrayal,&#8221; Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis said in a statement. &#8220;This verdict protects our community and delivers justice for a young victim who showed tremendous courage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story is based on information released by the Collin County Criminal District Attorney&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/collin-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Collin County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/collin-county\/princeton\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Princeton<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MCKINNEY, Texas &#8211; A Princeton man has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of prohibited&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[960,1046,223,160,162,161,3138,216,393],"class_list":["post-384199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-collin-county","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-news","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-princeton","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}