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• A Springfield Township man on parole is facing new public indecency charges.
• Police said Leon D. Sims was seen masturbating at a Barnes and Noble in Fairfield Township.
• Sims is a registered sex offender with a history of similar offenses and other federal convictions.

A Springfield Township man who was on parole for engaging in a sex act during a Facetime call with two children is now facing public indecency charges, police said.

Police said Leon D. Sims, 44, was seen masturbating June 25 at the Barnes and Noble at the Bridgewater Falls Shopping Center in Fairfield Township.

Sims has a history of similar offenses and is listed on the National Sex Offender registry.

He was charged with public indecency in 2011 after being accused of exposing his genitals to a library employee in Cincinnati.

In 2016, Sims was arrested for masturbating in a public place in Cincinnati. Three years later, he was accused of similar conduct in front of children near a Franklin County high school.

His most recent parole violation is related to a 2021 offense, in which he masturbated in front of two young girls, 9 and 15, over a Facetime call. One of the victims realized what was happening and recorded the call, which was later used as evidence.

Sims also recently spent time in federal prison for coercing a woman into prostitution and transporting her to Ohio, Kentucky and California, according to court documents. Prosecutors said that Sims forced the woman into prostitution “countless times” over a period of months between 2020 and 2021.

In a sentencing memorandum from the 2021 case involving the Facetime call, prosecutors said it was “well within the realm of possibility” that Sims had committed the crime to groom the 9-year-old girl into prostitution. They added that he was operating his sex trafficking business two weeks before he exposed himself on Facetime in front of the two girls.

According to prison records, Sims was no longer in federal prison custody as of September 2024.

Sims was convicted in Hamilton County in February 2025 of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles in the Facetime case. He was paroled from state prison in November 2025.

Sims had no attorney listed in court documents at the time this story was published.

This story may be updated.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) – HSHS St. John’s Children’s Hospital in Springfield and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois have teamed up for a new room to help support local families. 

The Ronald McDonald House Family Room will be a centralized space located near the pediatric intensive care unit. 

According to HSHS, the Family Room will have a bathroom with a shower, a refrigerator, a washer, a dryer, a microwave, along with free food items and other snacks. 

RMHC will operate the Family Room through the partnership. 

“The Ronald McDonald House Family Room offers parents a place to step away for just a moment to rest, enjoy a meal, or simply take a breath, knowing they remain only steps away from their child,” said RMHC of Central Illinois Chief Executive Officer Amber Kaylor in a statement. 

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