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A former Arkansas police chief who is serving a 80 years prison sentence for murder and rape has escaped from prison.
Former police chief of the town of Gateway, Grant Hardin, escaped from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock, where he has been imprisoned since 2017.
Corrections authorities did not reveal how Hardin escaped.
Authorities did note, however, that Hardin was “wearing a makeshift outfit designed to mimic law enforcement when he escaped the North Central Unit.”
Manhunt underway after disgraced former police chief convicted of murder, rape escapes Arkansas prison https://t.co/5VeLUbdZr0
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 26, 2025
A former police chief in prison on rape and murder charges escaped from prison in Calico, Rock Arkansas.
Authorities say Grant Hardin was wearing a “makeshift outfit designed to mimic law enforcement” when he escaped. pic.twitter.com/3B7UWhgFP3— Brian Entin (@BrianEntin) May 26, 2025
Check out what AP reported:
A former police chief in Arkansas who is serving decades-long sentences for murder and rape escaped from prison Sunday, state corrections officials said.
Grant Hardin, the former police chief of the tiny town of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border, escaped from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock, where he has been held since 2017. Corrections officials did not provide any details about how he escaped.
They did say that Garvin had disguised himself and was “wearing a makeshift outfit designed to mimic law enforcement when he escaped the North Central Unit.”
The Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction are following leads with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.
Hardin pleaded guilty in October 2017 to first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of 59-year-old James Appleton. According to an affidavit filed in the case, Appleton worked for the Gateway water department and was talking to his brother-in-law, then Gateway Mayor Andrew Tillman, when he was shot in the head on Feb. 23, 2017 near Garfield. Police found Appleton’s body inside a car.
Hardin, who was Gateway’s police chief for about four months in early 2016, was sentenced to 30 years in prison. He is also serving 50 years in prison for the 1997 rape of an elementary school teacher in Rogers north of Fayetteville.
Former NWArk. police chief convicted of murder & rape escapes prison >> https://t.co/wEWwaEffdM — @ARStatePolice say Grant Hardin was discovered missing fr Calico Rock State Pen. NWArk. & SWMo. agencies are on alert. He was convicted in Benton County of 2017 crime. #KOAMnewsnow… pic.twitter.com/9mILpgdPnu
— Joplin News First (@JoplinNewsFirst) May 26, 2025
Per Fox News:
An urgent manhunt is underway in Arkansas after a disgraced former police chief, who was serving time for murder and rape, escaped from prison.
The Arkansas Department of Corrections said Grant Hardin, 56, escaped from the North Central Unit on Sunday afternoon in Calico Rock, AR.
“Anyone with information about inmate Hardin’s whereabouts should contact local law enforcement immediately,” authorities said in a post on X.
Officials said Hardin has been at the North Central Unit since 2017, serving a 30-year sentence for first-degree murder, as well as an additional sentence for rape.