Arkansas prison escapee wants to suppress statements, evidence seized after being recaptured

Grant Hardin asks judge to suppress statements in escape trial

A former police chief in prison for murder and rape has asked a judge to suppress statements he made ahead of a trial over an escape charge.

Arkansas inmate Grant Hardin seeks to block use of statements in prison escape case

Grant Hardin asked the court to suppress statements made after his capture on June 6, 2025. Motions claim his rights were violated during and post-capture.

Arkansas prison escapee wants to suppress statements, evidence seized after being recaptured

Related Video: 'Hardin should not have been there': Lawmakers dig into prison failures after Calico Rock escape IZARD COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Grant Hardin, a former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” is seeking to suppress statements he made to federal agents after his capture and later to officials at the Arkansas Department of Corrections, according to court documents. Hardin, 56, faces one count of second-degree escape from a…

Hardin seeks to suppress statements, evidence seized after recapture in June | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

A former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” is asking a judge to suppress statements he made to federal agents involved in his capture and later to prison officials.

Infamous 'Devil of the Ozarks' seeks to suppress statements in prison escape case

LITTLE ROCK — A former police chief known as the “Devil of the Ozarks” is asking a judge to suppress statements he made to federal agents involved in his capture, and then later to prison officials. Grant Hardin wants anything he said in June to be kept out of court as he contests a charge […] The post Infamous ‘Devil of the Ozarks’ seeks to suppress statements in prison escape case appeared first on Stuttgart Daily Leader.