Impostor Who Enrolled In High School Pleads Guilty

Sidney-Gilstrap-Portley
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DALLAS (1080 KRLD) - A man who posed as a high school student to play basketball is sentenced to probation after pleading guilty in court today.

Sidney Gilstrap-Portley, 26, posed as a 17-year-old Hurricane Harvey evacuee in order to enroll at Hillcrest High School in the Dallas ISD.

While there, Gilstrap-Portley had a relationship with a 14-year-old girl.

Gilstrap-Portley was sentenced to six years probation for indecency with a child and five years probation for tampering with government records.

According to court records, those two sentences will be served concurrently.