06-05-2025
Inmate with local ties on the lam
State correctional officers and law enforcement agencies are on the lookout for a Sanford man who escaped from minimum-custody at Hyde Correctional Center in Swan Quarter in eastern North Carolina on Thursday, May 1.
Francisco Cardenas, 32, is native American, 6 feet, 1 inch tall and weighs 130 pounds. He has brown eyes and a tattoo of a star on his left hand, a press release states.
Cardenas, who was convicted in Lee County and showed addresses at 529 McIver St. and 1768 Nicholson Road in 2019, according to eCourts, is serving a five-to-eight-year sentence for drug trafficking. He was scheduled for release in January 2029.
Anyone who sees Cardenas is asked to call local law enforcement or the Hyde Correctional Center at 252-926-1810.
