Former police chief, serving murder and rape sentences, escapes from Arkansas prison

Escape of former police chief in prison for murder, rape has small town on edge

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Convicted 'Devil in the Ozarks' police chief plots bold plan, escapes from prison in broad daylight

In a daring and shocking prison escape that has stunned Arkansas and the nation, Grant Hardin, the convicted former police chief infamously known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” has broken out of prison by impersonating a corrections officer. This high-profile escape has spotlighted serious security flaws within the prison system and raised urgent questions about inmate containment procedures. The escape: Grant Hardin’s impersonation of a correcti…

Manhunt in Arkansas for escaped ex-police chief

A big effort is underway in Arkansas to find an ex-police chief who escaped from prison. The man, identified as Grant Hardin, was serving a combined 80-year sentence for sexually assaulting a school teacher and killing a city employee. Reporter Chelsea Torres has more.

Caves, other hideouts in mountains are part of hunt for fugitive known as ‘Devil in the Ozarks’

By JEFF MARTIN, ANDREW DEMILLO and SAFIYAH RIDDLE, Associated Press There are plenty of hideouts in the rugged terrain of the Ozark Mountains, from abandoned cabins and campsites in vast forests where searchers are hunting for an ex-lawman known as the “Devil in the Ozarks.” Others are not only off the grid but beneath it, in the hundreds of caves that lead to vast subterranean spaces. As local, state and federal law enforcement entered the thir…

Manhunt continues for ex-police chief after his escape from prison

Grant Hardin was serving lengthy sentences for murder and rape.

Man attacks flight attendant on plane leaving Bradley Airport: officials

A former Arkansas police chief was serving a decades-long sentence for a brutal rape and murder when he escaped from a Calico Rock prison Sunday by disguising himself in a “makeshift” law enforcement uniform, officials said. The search for Grant Hardin, 56, sparked urgent warnings from local law enforcement, put residents of a small northwest Arkansas town on edge, and reignited feelings of hurt and pain that the family of one victim had tried t…