A former Arkansas police chief, who escapes from prison, where he was serving decades of murder and rape, was captured on June 6 after a 12-day Mannth with federal, state and local law enforcement.
Grant Hardin, known as the Devil in the Occurs, was caught at about 3:00 pm local time only a mile and a half of prison, which fled nearly two weeks earlier, according to the Arkanzas Rand Correction Ministry spokesman. Hardin is thought to be 56 -year -old escape from the stateS
Dog tracking raised Hardin’s aroma west of prison near Moccasin Creek in Isard County, according to a champion. Photos of Hardin’s arrest show him that he wears a removal shirt. His face looks smaller than in the wicker fog.
“Thanks to the great work of the local, state and federal law enforcement authorities, arkanzans can sigh relief and I can confirm that violent Grant Hardin Hardin is again in custody,” said Arkansas governor Sarah Hakababi Sanders. “I am grateful for all law enforcement authorities who have contributed to his capture and give special thanks to the Trump and Secretary, Christie, who sent a team of border patrol that plays an important role in the tracking and holding of Hardin.”
A photo of Grant Hardin, a 56-year-old former police chief, escaped from prison in Arkansas and was captured 12 days later on June 6th.
In the arrest and agents of the Arkansas border patrols and the agents of the US border patrol, they have participated in custody, according to a champion.
“It was a great joint operation by a number of agencies and I am so grateful for their tireless efforts,” said Dexter Payne, director of the Arkansas Correction Division. “State police in Arkansas, US Marshals, FBI, Border Patrol, Game and Fish, All State and Local Agencies, along with the dedication of the employees of our department, all played an indispensable role and express my extraordinary gratitude.”
Hardin had gained fame as the subject of the 2023 documentary, “The Devil in the Umarks” for his rape since 1997 as a teacher at school and the murder of a worker from the Water Division.
Hardin escaped from prison to Northern Central Unit in Calico Rock, Arkansas, through a secure entrance on May 25, wearing a false uniform of law enforcement. His disguise made an adjustment officer open the gate and let him get out of the medium -sized facility.
Authorities are caught by the Arkansas prison, Escapi Grant Hardin near Moccasin Creek in Isard County on June 6th. Hardin, 56 -year -old, was serving time to rape and murder.
The escape followed on May 16 Jailbreak of 10 prisoners in New Orleans – several of them accused of murder – which attracted national attention and caused horror in district communities.
Hardin was considered no less a dangerous fugitive. In 2017, he was convicted of the murder of James Appleton, an employee of the northwestern city of Arkansas Gateway, whose son -in -law, Andrew Tilman, was mayor. Tilman told investigators that they were talking on the phone when Appleton was shot dead in his pickup truck.
The DNA test conducted after the murder associated Hardin with unresolved rape in 1997 in Rogers, Arkansas, according to a probable reason filed in the case. The teacher was attacked under shooting after leaving her classroom to go to the toilet near the teacher’s salon, according to the application.
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Hardin’s combination sentences, including two rape charges, added up to 80 years in prison.
“He’s a sociopath,” former Benton County Prosecutor Nathan Smith told Arkansas ABC KHBS/KHOG branch. “The prison is not full of people who are all bad. It’s full of many people who just do bad things. Grant is different. ”
Hardin had a chaotic career in law enforcement in Arkansas, which began in 1990, working for police departments in Faetheville, Huntsville and Eureka Springs, before serving as a short -lived Gaitee police chief in 2016.
He was fired from Faetavil’s work after less than a year because of the results of the subdue and the failure to accept constructive criticism, according to KHBS/KHOG. In Huntsville, where he worked from April 1993 to October 1996, former police chief told the television station Hardin used excessive power and made bad decisions.
The escape from prison, which he is now facing accusations, can only be the most.
Contribution: N’DEA YANCEY-BRAGG, Michael Loria and James Powel, USA Today
Grant Hardin, a former chief of police, serving decades of prison sentences for murder and rape, shows that he is avoiding a impromptu department for uniform in Arkansas and pressing a stroller loaded with materials.
This article originally appeared in USA Today: “Devil in the Ozarks” the fugitive captured after the 12-day Arkansas Manhunt