CALICO ROCK, Ark. – Police in Mountain View and the Stone County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that escaped inmate Grant Hardin has been captured.

According to a social media post by the Mountain View Police, Hardin was captured by authorities on Friday afternoon.

The Arkansas Department of Corrections said Hardin escaped from the Arkansas Department of Corrections’ North Central Unit on May 25.

Arkansas Board of Corrections Chairman Benny Magness confirmed that Hardin was captured "about a mile" from the North Central Unit in the woods.

Magness said that the specialized unit from the US Border Patrol Tactical Unit helped officials locate Hardin.

Hardin is a former Police Chief in Gateway and had been incarcerated at the North Central Unit since 2017. He was currently serving a 30-year s

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