DAVIE COUNTY, N.C. — Davie County deputies have found an escaped inmate.
Around 3 a.m Wednesday, the Davie County Sheriff's Office posted on Facebook that Lucio Barboza was apprehended and taken back to the Davie County Detention Center.
The office says Barboza was found about two miles from the detention center around 2:20 a.m. Barboza 49, was taken to the hospital for minor injuries after he was bitten by a K-9 during his capture. He was released from the hospital and taken back to the detention center.
Barboza was charged with escape.
Tuesday around 1 p.m., the Sheriff's Office posted that Barboza escaped from the Davie County Detention Center by climbing a fence in the outdoor recreation area around 11:45 a.m. Tuesday. He had been charged with:
- Kidnapping 1st degree
- Assault on a female
- Second-degree rape
- Second-degree forcible sex offense
- Assault on a government official
Sheriff JD Hartman tells WFMY News 2, the escape is out of the ordinary.
"The detention center is very secure. We have already reviewed the operations and what happened today. My staff did a great job, it's just one of those things," he said Tuesday, "We have not had an escape in over 20 years."
Right after the escape and through the night, multiple law enforcement agencies searched the area for Barboza. Teams used a helicopter, canines on the ground, and set up a perimeter. They stumbled across his shoes in the woods behind the jail.
Mocksville neighbors close by say, they're a bit concerned.
"With his charges - one of them is assault on a female. He’s got numerous charges. So I mean, he’s a very serious person to be messing with. We don’t want to come across him yet we want him apprehended," said Sharon Cheek, "How did he escape, when he was in a recreational yard? And had to climb a fence with razor wire on top? What was that circumstance? I just want to know where everybody was, and how that was possible."
We'll have more on this story as it develops.
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