Grant Hardin, an escaped Arkansas inmate known as the "Devil in the Ozarks," has been taken into custody, the Izard County Sheriff’s Office said Friday.

Hardin is a convicted murderer and rapist. He was reported missing from prison on May 25.

“Hardin was taken into custody by Izard County authorities just a short distance from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock,” the Stone County Sheriff’s Office said via Facebook . “While many details will remain under investigation there is no longer an active threat to public safety.”

The Arkansas Department of Corrections said Hardin managed to escape by impersonating a law enforcement official. He passed off as one “in dress and manner, causing the corrections officer operating a secure gate to open the gate and allow Inmate Hardin to wal

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