A Melissa man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for an intoxication manslaughter crash that killed a woman near Dorchester last year.

Justin Ray Deleon, 31, was sentenced Aug. 27 to 18 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice after being convicted of intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle, according to Grayson County Criminal District Attorney John Kermit Hill.

The charge stemmed from an Oct. 19, 2025, crash on State Highway 289 in Dorchester.