Lee Blanchard

     The Sheriff’s Office is notifying the public that a sex offender has registered with the Sheriff’s Office. 

NAME:                       LEE BLANCHARD

DATE OF BIRTH:   11/05/1964

HOME ADDRESS:  2085 Hwy 5 South #3

                                    Mountain Home, Arkansas 72653     

     The offender was found guilty of three (3) counts of Indecent Behavior with a Juvenile in Acadia Parish, Louisiana on 08/24/2009 and sentenced to twelve years imprisonment, with five years suspended.  He was also ordered to register as a sex offender.  Available documentation does not provide specific details of these crimes.

     (This offender has not yet been assigned a Risk Level by SOCNA (Sex Offender Community Notification Assessment).

     This person is not wanted by law enforcement at this time.  This notification is not intended to increase fear; rather it is our belief that an informed public is a safer public.  This information cannot be used to threaten, intimidate, or harass Registered Sex Offenders.  Citizen abuse will not be tolerated.  Such abuse could potentially end law enforcement’s ability to do community notification.   

     /s/ John F. Montgomery

   Baxter County Sheriff