The Dare County Justice Center in Manteo is shown as it appeared the evening of Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Photo by Corinne Saunders)
By Corinne Saunders
MANTEO — Jackie Ray Price, 49, pleaded guilty to multiple felony secret peeping charges in Dare County Superior Court in Manteo on Oct. 28 and was released on a 24-month probation, court documents show.
Price pleaded guilty to five felony counts of secret peeping, according to District 1 District Attorney Jeff Cruden. If Price’s probation were revoked, he would face three consecutive six- to 17-month prison sentences.
Price had no prior criminal record, so for “someone with no prior record on a Class I felony, the judge has to, under our guidelines, give him probation,” Cruden said of Judge Andrew Womble’s sentencing in the case. “His hands were tied.”
Price had faced up to 16 charges, a mix of felonies and misdemeanors, for sexual crimes against women and girls at the time of his Jan. 14 arrest.