Press Releases

Officials with the NC Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC) have promoted Tim Gasperson to Division Director in Judicial Division 4, effective May 27.

Officials with the NC Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC) have promoted Lewis Adams to Division Director in Judicial Division 1, effective May 27.

RE:  Kenneth Mathis 0260423

COUNTY AND COURT:      Burke County; Superior Court
CRIME AND SENTENCE:   76 CRS 01377 Rape First Degree; Life

CONVICTION DATE:    June 3, 1976

Dear News Editor:

$10,000 in reward money is now offered for information that leads to the capture of Francisco Cardenas, who escaped from Hyde Correctional Center in Swan Quarter on Thursday.  The U.S. Marshals Service is now assisting in the investigation and search.
Sheriff's deputies in Hyde County captured Francisco Cardenas this evening.
State correctional officers and law enforcement agencies are seeking Francisco Cardenas #1430307, a minimum-custody offender who escaped today from Hyde Correctional Center in Swan Quarter.
It is the 50th NCDAC facility either to be recommended for or awarded the distinction.

RE:   David Williams 0440340

COUNTY AND COURT:      Union County; Superior Court
CRIME AND SENTENCE:   89 CRS 3047 Rape First Degree; Life

CONVICTION DATE:    December 14, 1989

Dear News Editor:

RE:    Calvin E. Peacock 0316242

COUNTY AND COURT:    Guilford County Superior Court

CRIME AND SENTENCE:    83 CRS 75488 Murder Second Degree; Life 

CONVICTION DATE:    September 4, 1985