Grant Matthew Hardin's quiet escape from the North Central Unit prison, and his capture almost two weeks later about a mile and a half from the prison, leave as many questions as answers.

Here's a timeline from escape to capture. ... 2025, officials with the Stone County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Grant Hardin, who was once the police chief of a small Arkansas town, ...

The report says that Hardin appeared via Zoom, waived his formal arraignment, and entered a plea of not guilty.

Hardin was serving sentences for murder and rape when he dressed in a makeshift law enforcement uniform and was let out of a secure gate by a prison employee.

Grant Hardin, a former police chief known as the "Devil in the Ozarks," was captured Friday by Arkansas law enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol nearly two weeks after escaping prison where he was ...

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.

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A convicted murderer and former police chief known as the "Devil in the Ozarks" pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge ...

Grant Hardin is serving lengthy sentences for murder and rape. He was the subject of the TV documentary “Devil in the Ozarks.

A former police chief convicted of rape and murder donned a makeshift uniform and walked out of a high security prison — ...

A job in a prison kitchen apparently helped Grant Hardin, a former police chief serving time for murder and rape, plot his ...

Grant Hardin, known as the "Devil in the Ozarks," made his first court appearance through a video call on June 17, according ...