{"id":62975,"date":"2025-06-06T07:26:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T07:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=62975"},"modified":"2025-06-06T07:26:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T07:26:44","slug":"ex-police-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=62975","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Police Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/17491946223567651053026810324230.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62976\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A manhunt is underway for Grant Hardin, 56, who escaped from a prison in Calico Rock, Ark. around 3:40 p.m. on Sunday, May 25<br>Hardin, a former police chief, was serving a 30-year sentence for first-degree murder and an additional sentence for rape<br>The escapee\u2019s whereabouts remain unknown as of 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, officials said<br>Arkansas officials are searching for a former police chief convicted of murder and rape who escaped from prison in a makeshift law enforcement uniform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant Hardin, 56, who has been held at North Central Unit in Calico Rock, Ark., since 2017, escaped from the prison around 3:40 p.m. on Sunday, May 25, according to a statement from the Arkansas Department of Corrections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hardin was serving a 30-year sentence for first-degree murder and an additional sentence for rape, per the statement. He was the former police chief for the city of Gateway. Inmate records show Hardin is 6 feet tall and weighs 259 lbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While officials are investigating what led to Hardin\u2019s escape, the DOC said in a Sunday night update that he was wearing \u201ca makeshift outfit designed to mimic law enforcement.\u201d Officials confirmed he was not wearing a DOC uniform and said that all DOC-issued equipment had been accounted for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/grant-hardin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12456\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Stone County Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a statement that Hardin should be considered \u201cextremely dangerous and should not be approached.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hardin pleaded guilty in 2017 to murder after fatally shooting 59-year-old James Appleton, who worked in the city of Gateway\u2019s water department, according to an affidavit cited by CBS News, 5News, and The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=62969\">Also read&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A manhunt is underway for Grant Hardin, 56, who escaped from a prison in Calico Rock, Ark. around 3:40 p.m. on Sunday, May 25Hardin, a former police&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62975"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62977,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62975\/revisions\/62977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}