The man known as "The Spam King" walked away from a minimum-security federal prison in Florence on Sunday and was last seen in Lakewood. Edward "Eddie" Davidson, 35, was sentenced in April to serve 21 months in prison for his role in sending hundreds of thousands of unsolicited fraudulent e-mails touting certain penny stocks as excellent investments. Davidson also was ordered to pay $714,139 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service and to forfeit gold coins and other property he purchased with ill-gotten gains.

He'd been in the Florence facility for about a month and a half when he escaped. According to Lakewood police Tuesday, Davidson apparently escaped when his wife came to visit him in Florence on Sunday. "He jumped in the car with his wife," said Will Cochenour with Lakewood police Tuesday. "When they were leaving, he forced her in the car, brought them home and left after a change in clothing. He's still at large."

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