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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:

WHAT: Bi-monthly meeting of the North Carolina Joint Reentry Council to coordinate efforts in improving rehabilitation and reentry of offenders returning to their communities after incarceration.
 
WHEN: Wednesday, May 21, 10 a.m. – Noon

WHAT: Quarterly meeting of the State Reentry Council Collaborative (SRCC). The SRCC was established by the North Carolina General Assembly and former Gov. Roy Cooper in 2017 and is managed by the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction.

$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.