A former small-town police chief in Arkansas escaped from prison Sunday while serving decades-long sentences for murder and rape and is still on the loose, officials said Wednesday.

A former police chief and convicted killer known as the "Devil in the Ozarks" was captured by law enforcement 1.5 miles from the prison he escaped from following a nearly two-week-long manhunt.

Grant Hardin, the one-time Arkansas police chief who escaped from prison where he was serving sentences for murder and rape, has been recaptured, according to the Izard County Sheriff’s Office.

A former small-town police chief in Arkansas escaped from prison Sunday while serving decades-long sentences for murder and rape and is still on the loose, officials said Wednesday.

After the murder of George Floyd and 2020 protests over police brutality, many departments, including those in Arkansas according to the governor, made changes to training and policies.

Ex-Arkansas police chief and convicted murderer captured after nearly 2-week manhunt A prison officer in a guard tower opened a secure gate, allowing him to walk out of prison, authorities say.

Grant Hardin, a former police chief in the small town of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border, was serving lengthy sentences for murder and rape.

Former Gateway Police Department Chief Grant Hardin, 56, in Arkansas, has escaped from prison, and may have an “edge” compared to other escapees. Stone County Sheriff's Office ...

On June 6, Hardin was captured just a mile-and-a-half west of the North Central Unit prison in Calico Rock, Arkansas, according to state Department of Corrections spokesperson Rand Champion. He ...

A video circulating on social media shows Arkansas law enforcement officers kicking and punching a man while he was restrained. State police will investigate the incident, the governor said.