Blackburn Correctional Inmates Escape

{Lexington, Kentucky}…Authorities say 23 year old Christopher Melton and 21 year old Tyler Roberts escaped from the Blackburn Correctional Complex in Fayette County Saturday night. Melton was serving a 6 year sentence for theft and evading police. He would have been eligible for parole in April 2013. He's described as a 6-foot-1 white male, with brown hair and blue eyes. Roberts was serving a 10 year sentence for burglary, theft, arson, tampering with evidence, and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon. He would have been eligible for parole October 2013. He's about 5-foot-9, with black hair and brown eyes.