Stephon J. Easterling
WADESBORO — Prison emergency response teams and local law enforcement have arrested Anson Correctional Offender Stephon J. Easterling (#1302109), who left a work release job today in Wadesboro, Anson County.
Easterling, 28, is a minimum custody offender serving a four-year sentence as a habitual felon, drug possession and fleeing police after his conviction in Richmond County in 2022. His projected release date was Feb. 1, 2024.
Easterling was working at an off-prison job assignment around 10:20 a.m. today when he did not return from a job break. Witnesses reported he got into a white Nissan Rogue and drove off.
At 6:30 p.m., about eight hours after he walked off the job site, he was found on Leak Street in Rockingham and was transferred to a higher-custody prison. Escape charges are forthcoming.