Escaped inmate back behind bars in Brown Co. By Brian Planalp and Kody Fisher | February 9, 2021 at 7:37 PM EST - Updated February 9 at 10:28 PM
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (FOX19) - A Brown County inmate who escaped from the jail in late December has been recaptured, according to Brown County Sheriff Gordon Ellis.
Hobert Roark, 40, escaped on Dec. 29 by exploiting “a weakness in one of the security windows,” the sheriff said at the time.
An investigation spanning five weeks and involving ten law enforcement agencies ensued.
It came to an end Tuesday around 2:30 p.m., when Roark was arrested by US Marshals and the Portsmouth Police Department in the 1500 block of Fourth Street in Portsmouth.