The escape was facilitated by prison staff Joyce Mitchell and Gene Palmer, who were found guilty of aiding Matt and Sweat, who were both convicted murderers. New York's Inspector General Lucy Lang ...

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A former Arkansas police chief convicted of rape and murder has been apprehended after a brazen prison escape that led to nearly two weeks on the run. Grant Hardin, 56, was taken into custody Friday ...

A convicted murderer and former police chief known has pleaded not guilty after his recent escape from an Arkansas prison. California closes $12 billion budget deficit with hit to migrants ...

After the bold prison escape, multiple agencies including The Arkansas State Police, U.S. Marshals, FBI, U.S. Border Patrol, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission joined together to capture Hardin.

Agents with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation and US Marshals arrested a former correctional center employee Monday who is accused of helping one of the two New Orleans prison escapees still ...

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He pleaded not guilty to second-degree escape, was found to be indigent and was appointed a public defender. Hardin was captured 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) northwest of the Calico Rock prison from ...

A convicted murderer and former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” has pleaded not guilty to a charge stemming from his recent escape from an Arkansas prison.

A former small-town police chief and convicted murderer who escaped from a prison in Calico Rock, Arkansas, on May 25 apparently used his job in the prison's kitchen to help plan and carry out his ...

Others arrested in connection with the prison escape include Casey Smith, 30; Connie Weeden, 59; Cortnie Harris, 32; and Corvanntay Baptiste, 28. Authorities accused them of being in contact with ...