Former police chief, serving murder and rape sentences, escapes from Arkansas prison

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

Updated 1:05 AM CDT, May 26, 2025

CALICO ROCK, Ark. (AP) — 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.



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[BOSSHOG]

1. Which department will trump appoint him to?

Noem #1 Deputy Dog? Rubios diplomacy Guru?

[sop]

2. I'm guessing some of his old cop buddies helped him.

[DENVERPOPS]

4. Almost goes without

saying..............

[Bayard]

3. He's probably wearing a mask and working for ICE now

[Mawspam2]

5. Rape and murder are but mere technicalities.

Exactly the qualifications needed for "Ambassador at large for global women's issues" or "Ambassador at large for Global Criminal Justice".