{"id":28029,"date":"2025-05-26T02:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T02:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ex-police-chief-escapes-from-arkansas-prison-where-he-was-serving-murder-rape-sentences\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T02:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T02:26:10","slug":"ex-police-chief-escapes-from-arkansas-prison-where-he-was-serving-murder-rape-sentences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ex-police-chief-escapes-from-arkansas-prison-where-he-was-serving-murder-rape-sentences\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-police chief escapes from Arkansas prison where he was serving murder, rape sentences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>A former police chief who was convicted of rape and murder escaped from the prison where he was serving a 30-year sentence on Sunday, correction officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Grant Hardin had been at North Central Unit, a prison located in Calico Rock, Arkansas, since 2017. He escaped around 3:40 p.m., the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARDeptofCorrections\/posts\/pfbid0Cveee52JN3vhKBf9ot4N9hkuUTTvYUYqChTcZHiRdcujYkYEdE5dyZwTThYL79EBl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Arkansas Department of Corrections<\/a> said in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anyone with information about inmate Hardin&#8217;s whereabouts should contact local law enforcement immediately,&#8221; the post read.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.5newsonline.com\/article\/news\/crime\/asp-authorities-search-escaped-arkansas-inmate\/527-6a04d0c2-0529-40ec-bc4f-1c64c9e25b10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS affiliate KFSM-TV<\/a>, the Stone County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said Hardin was seen leaving the prison in an Arkansas Department of Corrections uniform.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/26\/c4e4b220-3f6d-437e-87ce-45f405a660b9\/thumbnail\/620x339\/905b2cb03d836c2d6ea9d59b41ed8b35\/screenshot-2025-05-25-at-9-50-46-pm.png?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48#\" alt=\"screenshot-2025-05-25-at-9-50-46-pm.png \" height=\"339\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/26\/c4e4b220-3f6d-437e-87ce-45f405a660b9\/thumbnail\/620x339\/905b2cb03d836c2d6ea9d59b41ed8b35\/screenshot-2025-05-25-at-9-50-46-pm.png?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Photos of Grant Hardin provided by the Arkansas Department of Corrections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Arkansas Department of Corrections<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hardin was the former police chief for the city of <a href=\"https:\/\/data.census.gov\/profile?g=160XX00US0526110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gateway, Arkansas<\/a>, a small town with just a few hundred residents.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s body inside a car.<\/p>\n<p>Hardin is also serving 50 years in prison for the 1997 rape of an elementary school teacher in Rogers, north of Fayetteville.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.5newsonline.com\/article\/news\/local\/outreach\/back-to-school\/former-police-chief-convicted-murderer-pleads-guilty-to-raping-rogers-teacher-in-1997\/527-accc272d-e94b-4c00-b9cb-6a4ee5e42125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KFSM reported in 2019<\/a> that police in 2003 used DNA samples from the rape victim&#8217;s clothes to apply for a &#8220;John Doe&#8221; warrant since the statute of limitations was close to expiring. Investigators eventually got a match after Hardin was imprisoned for Appleton&#8217;s killing.<\/p>\n<p>Hardin pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and was given 25 years for each count, KFSM reported.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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