Department of Attorney General seeks public help finding convicted sex offender

The Department of the Attorney General is looking for convicted sex offender Ricardo M. Blenman, who failed to report his address with the sex offender registry.

Once located, Blenman will be arrested for failure to comply with covered sex offender registration requirements.

While stationed in the U.S. Army on O‘ahu in 2018, Blenman was accused of sexually abusing a minor in his care between 2014 and 2017. Blenman was convicted in a military court in 2018 of aggravated sexual contact, assault consummated by battery, and administering a drug/intoxicant, and sentenced to three years of imprisonment. Following release from federal prison, Blenman was required to register as a sex offender and provide an update if there is an address change. It was recently discovered that Blenman relocated to O‘ahu in 2021 and failed to register his new address.

“Blenman should have complied with the law by registering his address when he moved to Hawaiʻi. His failure to register resulted in criminal action taken against him. We will pursue his capture and hold him accountable,” said Attorney General Anne Lopez.

Failure to comply with covered sex offender registration requirements is a class C felony which carries a maximum sentence of five years.

Blenman is currently pending a hearing in Honolulu District Court on fourth-degree sex assault charges for an unrelated matter.

Anyone with information that could help locate Blenman should call the Investigations Division of the Department of the Attorney General at 808-586-1240.

The public can view an online directory of Hawaiʻi registered sex offenders and other covered offenders, and sign up for email alerts through the Department’s “Hawai‘i Sex Offender Search” mobile app. Those without a mobile device can also view an online directory of Hawai‘i registered sex offenders and other covered offenders and sign up for email alerts at http://sexoffenders.ehawaii.gov.