David Lee Sims, a registered intercourse offender who’s on parole, was nabbed in an undercover sting and charged with on-line solicitation of a minor.
HOUSTON — A convicted intercourse offender who was launched from jail just a few months in the past was arrested once more this week for on-line solicitation of a minor, in response to the Precinct 1 Constable’s Workplace.
They stated David Lee Sims, 46, thought he was assembly a 15-year-old lady for intercourse and confirmed up at what he thought was her dwelling with a bag of Skittles and a field of condoms.
That “15-year-old” was truly an undercover officer conducting a intercourse sting.
In 2020, Sims went to jail for on-line solicitation of a 12-year-old lady in Montgomery County. He was launched in December 2024 and is at the moment on parole till June 2030. He is additionally registered as a intercourse offender.
Precinct 1 investigators stated Sims was residing in a midway home when he was speaking with the “teen.” He requested for lewd images and despatched nude images and movies of himself. He then requested to come back to her dwelling to have intercourse.
Sims requested permission to go away the midway home to get a driver’s license from the Texas Division of Public Security, Precinct 1 stated. As an alternative, they are saying, he rode a METRO bus to fulfill with the “minor.”
“We do have vital issues about group security on this case,” the prosecutor stated throughout Sims’ preliminary courtroom look on Tuesday, March 5. “He has illustrated that even whereas on parole, he will proceed accessing his app and speaking with children.”
The Justice of the Peace set Sims’ bond at $150,000. He was ordered to steer clear of anybody below 17 and keep at the very least 1,000 toes away from anyplace the place kids collect, together with faculties and daycares. If Sims makes bond, he should put on a GPS monitor and can’t entry digital units.
The arrest is the results of a two-month investigation performed by the Web Crimes In opposition to Youngsters Unit of the Workplace of Alan Rosen, Harris County Constable Precinct 1. They ask anybody with further info concerning Sims’s interplay with kids to contact the Web Crimes In opposition to Youngsters Unit at 713-222-4929.
