US EditionFormer police chief known as the ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ pleads not guilty to a prison escape charge
- On June 17, Grant Hardin, formerly Gateway's police chief, entered a not guilty plea to charges related to his escape from a correctional facility in Calico Rock, Arkansas.
- Hardin escaped on May 25 by disguising himself as a corrections officer and tricking a gatekeeper, triggering a nearly two-week manhunt in north-central Arkansas.
- He was serving concurrent 25-year sentences for first-degree murder of James Appleton in 2017 and two 2019 rape convictions linked by DNA to a 1997 case.
- Authorities apprehended Hardin near Moccasin Creek, approximately 1.5 miles west of the prison, on the sixth of June following a coordinated multi-agency search, and he is currently detained in the Varner Supermax Unit.
- An internal inquiry is underway to determine how Hardin managed to escape, while local authorities and the victim’s family voiced their disbelief and concerns regarding accountability and trust.
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Grant Hardin, ‘Devil in the Ozarks,’ pleads not guilty to prison escape
A former police chief and convicted murderer — known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” — appeared in court Tuesday, June 17, on new escape charges. Grant Hardin, 56, was recaptured by law enforcement after a two-week-long manhunt in Arkansas. He had escaped from prison, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections, and pleaded not guilty to second-degree escape. Escape from medium-security prison Last month, authorities with the Arkansas Depar…
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Former police chief known as the 'Devil in the Ozarks' pleads not guilty to a prison escape charge
A convicted murderer and former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” has pleaded not guilty to a charge stemming from his recent escape from an Arkansas prison.
Grant Hardin pleads not guilty to escaping from north Arkansas prison
Escaped Arkansas prison inmate was let out by corrections officer, court filing says, from May 27 IZARD COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Grant Hardin, a convicted murderer and rapist facing a new charge after escaping from a north Arkansas prison last month, has entered a not guilty plea, according to court documents. Hardin, 56, was captured on June 5 after spending nearly two weeks on the run. He escaped from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock on…
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