Grant Hardin, the one-time Arkansas police chief who escaped from prison where he was serving sentences for murder and rape, has been recaptured, according to the Izard County Sheriff’s Office.
Hardin, 56, had been on the run for more than 10 days after breaking out of the prison on May 25, wearing what authorities described as a makeshift law enforcement uniform. Once the police chief of the small town of Gateway, Arkansas, he was serving a 30-year sentence for murder and two 25-year sentences for two counts of rape when he escaped.
He was captured Friday afternoon, just 1.5 miles west of the prison grounds, according to a Facebook post from the sheriff’s office. Tracking dogs picked up a scent in the area and Hardin was “apprehended a short time later” by Arkansas law enforcement officers and US Border Patrol, according to a news release from the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
Hardin was brought back to the North Central Unit, from which he escaped, to be identified via fingerprinting and for initial physical assessments following his capture.
He was then transferred to the Varner SuperMax Unit in Gould, Arkansas, where he arrived Friday evening and will be housed moving forward, according to Rand Champion, a spokesperson for the Arkansas Department of Corrections. More here
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