58-year-old James Hardin Mcpeters of Meadowbrook Road in Maiden was arrested by Maiden Police Officers. He’s charged with failure to register as a sex offender. Mcpeters is a sex offender as a result of a conviction in Buncombe County in August, 2006. He was convicted of second-degree rape, second-degree sex offense, and three counts of indecent liberties with a minor.

Mcpeters was jailed in the Catawba County Detention Facility Sunday morning (May 17) under $5,000 bond. A Monday (May 18) District Court date was scheduled.