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.

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.

GOULD, Arkansas — On June 6, the nearly two-week long manhunt for escaped Arkansas prisoner Grant Hardin ended. Hardin had escaped from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock on May 25 while ...

Grant Hardin, 56, has evaded capture since walking out of Calico Rock prison on May 25 — despite searchers employing bloodhounds, officers on horseback, drones, helicopters and an elite US ...

Officials said a kitchen supervisor left Grant Hardin alone on a loading dock and a tower guard let him out the gates.

It’s not a flat, open area,” Champion said. A surveillance image shows Grant Hardin escaping from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock, Arkansas.

Department of Corrections escapee Grant Hardin was caught less than 2 miles from the prison. Mountain View Police Department confirmed the capture by Izard County on their Facebook post.

Grant Hardin, murderer and rapist, escaped from an Arkansas prison nearly two weeks ago. USBP Special Operations Group deployed to assist in the manhunt and tracked him down less than 2 miles from ...

Capture: On June 6, the Stone County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Grant Hardin was taken into custody at around 3:45 p.m.