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A disgraced ex-Arkansas police chief who was serving 80 years in prison for rape and a shotgun-to-the-head execution escaped from a high-security prison disguised as a cop. Grant Hardin, 56, the former police chief of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border, was seen on security cameras walking out of the North Central Unit prison, in Calico Rock, dressed in what appears to be a homemade law enforcement uniform on Sunday afternoon. Hardin, who is considered extremely dangerous, used the outfit to sneak through the controlled gate while inconspicuously pushing a cart full of utility materials, according to the Stone County Sheriff’s...

“Yes he had the firearm with him, yes he was a threat. I think the canine played a large role in him not being able to utilize that firearm,” Bivens said. Bivens was in the command post when the capture happened and said, “I’m very happy no one was hurt when this occurred.” “We will publish a list of everyone who helped us out because we are very, very appreciative,” Bivens said. He said it was this support that fueled Wednesday’s successful capture. Bivens said Cavalcante liked to travel through creek beds and along tree lines, most frequently at night....

The reward for information leading to the capture of escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante has increased to $20,000 as the search enters its eighth day. Authorities describe the 34-year-old Cavalcante, of Royersford, Montgomery County, as “extremely dangerous.” He was convicted in August of murdering his girlfriend. He escaped a week ago from Chester County Prison in Pocopson Township by scaling a wall, climbing over razor wire and jumping from a roof. Pa. escapee This photo provided by Chester County Prison shows CCTV footage of prison inmate Danelo Cavalcante, left, escaping from Chester County prison on Aug. 31, 2023. (Chester County Prison...

HOUSTON – Four Klein ISD campuses were put on lockdown Wednesday afternoon while police searched for a murder suspect in a nearby neighborhood. The lockdown started around 2 p.m. at Klein High, Kleb Intermediate, Mittelstadt Elementary and Klein Annex, and district officials said it was not immediately clear when the students would be released. Police were searching for the suspect, Zumbotha Newsome, in the Wimbledon Estates subdivision. Newsome is wanted in connection with the shooting death of Damien Goss on April 15, 2012. Goss, 30, was stopped in the 1400 block of E. 34th Street, about to pull into a...