Michael F. Easley
Governor

Theodis Beck
Secretary

North Carolina Department of Correction

Search underway for escapee from Davidson Correctional Center

LEXINGTON – Correctional officers and local law enforcement agencies are searching for inmate Eldridge Hodge, who escaped from Davidson Correctional Center, a minimum-custody prison, at approximately 9:30 Sunday night.

Hodge, 45, was serving a 99-year sentence for first degree rape. He was convicted in Forsyth County in 1982. 

Hodge is a white male. He is 6’4” tall with brown hair and brown eyes and weight about 170 pounds.

Anyone who has seen Eldridge Hodge is asked to call local law enforcement or Davidson Correctional Center at 336-249-7528.

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North Carolina Department of Correction
Public Information Office     4202 Mail Service Center     Raleigh NC 27699-4202
Phone (919) 716-3700      Fax: (919) 716-3795     www.doc.state.nc.us