Authorities in Roane County took two convicted sex offenders into custody yesterday.

Rockwood police arrested 62-year-old Donald Horace Barnes for failure to register as a sex offender and evading arrest

In a different incident, law enforcement transported 53-year-old Jack David Ledford to the jail in Kingston for violation of the sex offender registry. Court officials say Ledford was convicted in 2006 for sexual battery by an authority figure.