• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
  • News
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
Manhunt Continues For Ex-Police Chief After Prison Escape

Manhunt Continues For Ex-Police Chief After Prison Escape

May 28, 2025
Trump Admin Demands University of Michigan Spill Beans On All Foreign Ties

Trump Admin Demands University of Michigan Spill Beans On All Foreign Ties

July 15, 2025
Jasmine Crockett Serves Up Head-Scratching Word Salad About ‘Sesame Street’ In Iraq

Jasmine Crockett Serves Up Head-Scratching Word Salad About ‘Sesame Street’ In Iraq

July 15, 2025
GOP Derails Second Democrat Effort To Unearth Epstein Files

GOP Derails Second Democrat Effort To Unearth Epstein Files

July 15, 2025
Texas AG Reveals Hundreds Of Ballots May Have Been Cast By Noncitizens In Past Elections

Texas AG Reveals Hundreds Of Ballots May Have Been Cast By Noncitizens In Past Elections

July 15, 2025
‘Scandal Of The Century’: Josh Hawley Demands Biden Staff Secretary Testify To Congress On Autopen

‘Scandal Of The Century’: Josh Hawley Demands Biden Staff Secretary Testify To Congress On Autopen

July 15, 2025
La Cooperación del Hijo de El Chapo con Estados Unidos Podría Transformar el Poder Político en México

La Cooperación del Hijo de El Chapo con Estados Unidos Podría Transformar el Poder Político en México

July 15, 2025
STEPHEN MOORE: Trump Should Index The Capital Gains Tax For Inflation

STEPHEN MOORE: Trump Should Index The Capital Gains Tax For Inflation

July 15, 2025
‘I Am Sold On Trump’: Major Business Leader Reveals ‘Turnaround’ On Views About Trump, Tariffs

‘I Am Sold On Trump’: Major Business Leader Reveals ‘Turnaround’ On Views About Trump, Tariffs

July 15, 2025
Whoopi Goldberg Rants Against Obama For Telling Democrats To ‘Toughen Up’

Whoopi Goldberg Rants Against Obama For Telling Democrats To ‘Toughen Up’

July 15, 2025
El Chapo’s Son’s Cooperation with U.S. Prosecutors Could Reshape Political Power in Mexico

El Chapo’s Son’s Cooperation with U.S. Prosecutors Could Reshape Political Power in Mexico

July 15, 2025
Leftist Professor Arrested For Allegedly Hurling Tear Gas At Feds During ICE Raid

Leftist Professor Arrested For Allegedly Hurling Tear Gas At Feds During ICE Raid

July 15, 2025
ICE Declares Illegal Migrants Ineligible For Bond Hearings

ICE Declares Illegal Migrants Ineligible For Bond Hearings

July 15, 2025
  • Donald Trump
  • State of the Union
  • Elon Musk
  • Tariffs
  • Congress
  • Faith
  • Immigration
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
  • Login
IJR
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls
No Result
View All Result
IJR
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Manhunt Continues For Ex-Police Chief After Prison Escape

by Andrew Powell
May 28, 2025 at 7:30 pm
in News
250 2
0
Manhunt Continues For Ex-Police Chief After Prison Escape

(@CBSEveningNews / X screen shot)

491
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

A manhunt is still underway for a former Arkansas police chief who was serving a 30-year sentence for rape and murder.

According to ABC News, officials have been searching for Grant Hardin, 56, for the fourth day after he escaped from Calico Rock North Central Unit on Sunday. Hardin has been in prison since 2017 after he was found guilty of first-degree murder and rape, according to the Stone County Sheriff’s Office.

🚨⚖️🔥Manhunt underway in Arkansas. Former Gateway Police Chief Grant Hardin, convicted of murder and rape, escaped from the North Central Unit prison in Calico Rock on May 25. Authorities say he fled around 3:40 PM, possibly wearing a prison uniform. Hardin was serving 30 yrs… pic.twitter.com/f8JguONaWA

— GoodMorningRooster (@RoosterGM) May 26, 2025

According to an affidavit obtained by ABC News, Hardin escaped by impersonating a corrections officer and surveillance footage showed Hardin was let out of a secure gate by an actual corrections officer. However, officials said Hardon was not wearing an official uniform and the outfit he was wearing was “homemade or brought in somehow.”

Officials have said they expect Hardin to still be in the area around the prison, and the Izard County Sheriff’s Office has told Izard County residents to lock their homes, vehicles, and to stay vigilant.

Authorities are telling people to lock their doors as they try to track down escaped inmate Grant Hardin for a third straight day.

Hardin is a former police chief serving time in an Arkansas prison for rape and murder.

Investigators say he was wearing a makeshift outfit… pic.twitter.com/UQLT3V1cWf

— Paige Lobdell (@producerpaige_) May 28, 2025

A spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals confirmed Tuesday that the agency, along with the Eastern Arkansas Fugitive Task Force, is aiding in the search efforts.

“I am very scared that this guy is going to hurt or kill somebody before this is over with,” Stone County Sheriff Brandon Long told ABC News.

Hardin, a former police chief of Gateway, Arkansas, was employed in the prison kitchen, according to a spokesperson for the department of corrections. Officials stated that he has maintained a clean disciplinary record during his incarceration, and there is no indication that he received assistance in his escape.

Nathan Smith, a former Benton County prosecutor instrumental in Hardin’s conviction, described the escaped inmate as “a sociopath” in an interview with Arkansas ABC affiliate KHBS.

“He has no moral core or center that would prevent him from doing anything,” Smith told KHBS.

Officials are warning Hardin is considered extremely dangerous and should not be approached and are telling anyone who knows of his whereabouts to immediately call 911. Hardin is described as 6 feet tall and 259 pounds.

Watch the video below:

A manhunt is underway for ex-police chief Grant Hardin, who escaped from a prison in Gateway, Arkansas, on Sunday while serving a 30-year sentence for rape and murder. Nicknamed the “Devil of the Ozarks,” Hardin reportedly disguised himself in a law enforcement uniform to flee. pic.twitter.com/RUcYKyPJ0K

— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) May 27, 2025

Tags: ArkansasCalico Rock North Central UnitGrant HardinManhuntU.S. News
Share196Tweet123
Andrew Powell

Andrew Powell

IJR, Contributor Writer

Advertisements

Top Stories June 10th
Top Stories June 7th
Top Stories June 6th
Top Stories June 3rd
Top Stories May 30th
Top Stories May 29th
Top Stories May 24th
Top Stories May 23rd
Top Stories May 21st
Top Stories May 17th

Join Over 6M Subscribers

We’re organizing an online community to elevate trusted voices on all sides so that you can be fully informed.





IJR

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Trusted Voices On All Sides

  • About Us
  • GDPR Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Editorial Standards & Corrections Policy
  • Subscribe to IJR

Follow Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Top Stories June 10th Top Stories June 7th Top Stories June 6th Top Stories June 3rd Top Stories May 30th Top Stories May 29th Top Stories May 24th Top Stories May 23rd Top Stories May 21st Top Stories May 17th