SWAN QUARTER, N.C. (WNCN) — A man sentenced in Lee County escaped custody from a Hyde County prison Thursday, state officials said.
According to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, 32-year-old Francisco Cardenas was serving a five-to-eight year sentence for drug trafficking and was scheduled for release in January 2029.
Cardenas escaped from the Hyde Correctional Center in Swan Quarter, according to the NCDPS.
State officials said Cardenas is described as standing 6-feet and weighing 130 pounds with brown eyes. He has a tattoo of a star on his left hand.
Anyone who sees Cardenas is asked to contact local law enforcement or Hyde Correctional at 252-926-1810.
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