Beaumont sex offender heading to prison

BEAUMONT — A registered sex offender in Beaumont who was required to stop using Twitter instead invited a probation worker to be his online ``friend.''

A judge in Beaumont on Monday revoked the probation of 30-year-old Grandville Lindsey and ordered him to serve 15 years in prison.

Lindsey in July pleaded guilty to indecency with a child, in a case in which he was accused of improperly touching a 13-year-old boy.

Lindsey had been ordered not to subscribe to online social networking sites, like MySpace or Twitter, unless it was approved by probation officials.

Two Jefferson County probation officials reported that Lindsey had accessed such sites several times since August. A worker with the probation office also told the judge that Lindsey had tried to add her as a ``friend'' on Twitter.