Harrison Blankenship - 84 year old - Repeat Sex Offender - sexually assaulted Nursing Home Patient

A Versailles man is under arrest for sexually abusing a patient at a Frankfort nursing home.

Police say 84-year old Harrison Blankenship was visiting a family member at Bradford Square Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He sexually assaulted an 87-year old patient and subjected the woman to sexual contact without her consent. Blankenship is charged with first-degree sexual abuse.

Blankenship is a registered sex offender. He was convicted of raping a 13-year old in 1995. He's listed as compliant on the sex offender registry.

"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"
.........Sarah Tofte