PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — Deputies investigating a burglary case in Paintsville ended up arresting a sex offender for failing to maintain his registration requirements.

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office was investigating a burglary at Perry Vanhoose Apartments last week and identified Michael Marcum, 51, as a person of interest.

While talking to him, they discovered he was wanted on a warrant out of Floyd County. They also learned that he was a sex offender whose last reported address was a homeless shelter in Lexington, not the apartment in Paintsville where he had been living with a woman.

Marcum was convicted of third-degree rape of a 16-year-old victim in Pike County back in 2008. He was given a suspended sentence in the case, but ordered to register as a sex offender for 20 years.

Marcum is now charged with failure to maintain sex offender registration, which could earn him another 1-to-5 years in prison, if he is convicted.