TEXAS SEX OFFENDER RELEASED FROM PRISON TO RESIDE IN TDCJ HALFWAY HOUSE, REARRESTED ON NEW SEX OFFENSE

Convicted sex offender arrested after attempting to meet minor

 

By Michael Horton

 

Click2Houston

Mar 5, 2025

 

David Lee Sims after his arrest

 

A convicted sex offender who was recently released from prison is now back in custody after attempting to meet with an undercover officer posing as a 15-year-old girl.

David Lee Sims, 46, of Houston, was arrested Tuesday and charged with online solicitation of a minor, a first-degree felony. At the time of his arrest, Sims had a box of condoms and a package of Skittles candy.

The arrest followed a two-month investigation by the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit of the Office of Alan Rosen, Harris County Constable Precinct 1.  

Sims used a social media application to communicate with the undercover officer, whom he believed to be a minor, in a sexually explicit manner. He sent explicit images and videos and arranged to meet the minor at her home.

Sims is currently on parole for a previous conviction of online solicitation of a minor, which resulted from a 2020 arrest in Montgomery County. In that case, he attempted to meet a 12-year-old for sexual purposes. Since his release from prison on Dec. 6, 2024, Sims has been residing in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice halfway house.

He had requested permission to leave the halfway house to obtain a driver’s license from the Texas Department of Public Safety. Instead, he traveled on a Houston METRO bus to meet with the minor.

Sims was booked into the Harris County Jail without incident, and his parole will be revoked due to the new arrest, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.