A former police chief and convicted killer known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” was captured by law enforcement 1.5 miles northwest of the prison he escaped from following a massive, nearly two-week-long manhunt in the rugged mountains of northern Arkansas, authorities announced Friday.

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Grant Hardin was serving lengthy sentences for murder and rape

He previously served as police chief in the small town of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border

A spokesperson for the Arkansas prison system says Hardin briefly attempted to run from officers when he saw them approach, but he was quickly tackled to the ground

Hardin had been held at the Calico Rock prison since 2017 after pleading guilty to first-degree murder

Grant Hardin, a former police chief in the small to

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