The fallout continues after the escape of convicted killer grant hardin—an incident that sparked a 12-day manhunt and left serious questions about prison securi ...

Grant Hardin was let out of a secure gate at the North Central Unit near Calico Rock while dressed in a makeshift uniform.

In 2019, Hardin pleaded guilty and was sentenced to concurrent 25-year prison terms on two charges after a DNA test matched him to the unsolved rape of an elementary school teacher in 1997 in Rogers.

A former police chief known as the "Devil in the Ozarks" did not have help when he walked out of a north-central Arkansas prison in May, touching off a two-week long manhunt, the head of the state's ...

Officials said a kitchen supervisor left Grant Hardin alone on a loading dock and a tower guard let him out the gates.

CALICO ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Department of Corrections (DOC) is facing questions in the Arkansas House on Thursday, July 10, over the escape and subsequent manhunt for Grant Hardin, a former ...

Two DOC employees fired after inmate Grant Hardin's escape exposes security failures. ... His disappearance triggered a massive two-week manhunt through the rugged terrain of the Ozarks, with ...

The employees unwittingly helped Grant Hardin, a former police chief, walk out of a prison in May, dressed in a fake law enforcement uniform, officials said.

Video: Arkansas escapee Grant Hardin arriving at Varner on June 9. IZARD COUNTY, Ark. – Escaped inmate Grant Hardin made his first court appearance since his recapture after a 12-day long manhunt.

Authorities say a bloodhound picked up Grant Hardin’s scent shortly after prison guards learned that he’d slipped past a gate. But the dog lost the scent as heavy rains blew through the area on ...

Grant Hardin, a former Arkansas police chief and inmate, escaped the North Central Unit on May 25, according to officials. He's considered extremely dangerous. Skip Navigation.

Arkansas Board of Corrections says two employees fired after Grant Hardin's escape. ... After a two-week manhunt, authorities found him just over a mile from the facility on June 6.