Monday, May 5, 2025

Prison escapee captured in Hyde County

Sheriff's deputies in Hyde County captured Francisco Cardenas this evening.
SWAN QUARTER
May 5, 2025

Sheriff's deputies in Hyde County captured Francisco Cardenas this evening.  A tip from a resident led deputies to a section of US 264 East near Swan Quarter where Cardenas was located walking along a roadside and was arrested without incident. 

Cardenas had been on the run since Thursday, when he escaped from Hyde Correctional Center, a minimum-security prison near Swan Quarter, where he had been serving a 5-to-8-year sentence for drug trafficking.

Cardenas will be charged with felony escape and housed in a higher custody level.