Hardin was serving sentences for murder and rape when he dressed in a makeshift law enforcement uniform and was let out of a secure gate by a prison employee.

From Aug. 6, 1990, to May 22, 1991, Hardin was employed at the Fayetteville Police Department. In his termination letter, then-Chief Richard Watson said Hardin's efforts "fall short of the average ...

According to a statement from the Izard County Sheriff's Office in Izard County, Ar., as of Friday, June 6th, 2025, at ...

CALICO ROCK, Ark. — On June 6, the Stone County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Grant Hardin, the escaped inmate and ...

For the first time since the escape and recapture of convicted murderer Grant Hardin, the Arkansas Board of Corrections met ...

Grant Hardin, a former police chief and convicted killer known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” was captured in northern ...

A former Benton County prosecuting attorney who helped put Grant Hardin in prison said the crimes were "shocking." ...

Grant Hardin — a name that’s quickly become infamous in Izard County — the 56-year-old slipped away from the prison wearing a ...

Grant Matthew Hardin's quiet escape from the North Central Unit prison, and his capture almost two weeks later about a mile ...

A massive search is currently underway for an ex-police chief who escaped from an Izard County prison more than a week ago.

The manhunt continues in Izard County for escapee Grant Hardin, a convicted rapist and murderer who walked out of the North ...

Grant Hardin, the former Arkansas police chief who escaped a Calico Rock, Ark., prison on May 25, has been captured, ...