A former police chief serving time for rape and murder who walked away from a state prison was incorrectly classified and shouldn't have been at that prison, the head of the Arkansas prison system ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...