Lu Hardin, a former state senator, Arkansas Department of Higher Education director and University of Central Arkansas ...

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On June 6, 2025, officials with the Stone County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Grant Hardin, who was once the police chief of a small Arkansas town, had been found and taken into custody.

His new charge of second-degree escape could add 5 to 20 years to his current sentences. How Grant Hardin escaped Hardin escaped from the North Central Unit prison in Calico Rock, Arkansas.

At the time of the killing, Hardin was working as a correctional officer at Northwest Arkansas Community Correction Center in Fayetteville. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

A representative for Northwest Arkansas Community Correction Center in Fayetteville confirms Hardin briefly worked for them from November 21, 2016, to February 27, 2017.

Grant Hardin, a 56-year-old inmate and former police chief, is on the run after escaping the North Central Unit in Calico Rock on Sunday, May 25, according to the Arkansas Department of ...

Grant Hardin, former police chief of the small town of Gateway, Arkansas, who was convicted of murder, has been recaptured after his escape from prison on May 25.

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.

Click here for updates on this story CALICO ROCK, Arkansas (KHBS) — It’s now been more than a week since Grant Hardin escaped from the North Central Unit prison in Calico Rock.