Inmate who escaped from Brown Co. Jail a 2nd time found hiding in Portsmouth basement
WCPO
and last updated 2021-02-09 20:01:30-05
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio â Hobert Roark, who authorities said escaped from Brown County Jail for the second time last December, was arrested Tuesday in Portsmouth.
Roark, 40, was found hiding in his girlfriend s basement along the 1500 block of Fourth Street, according to the Brown County Sheriff s Office. He and his girlfriend, 39-year-old Desiree Phillips, were arrested without incident Tuesday afternoon by US Marshals, Portsmouth Police and several other agencies.
Roark previously escaped from the jail in November 2020 by breaking a window and fleeing through an impound lot. He was captured a day later at a Goodwill store in Portsmouth. On Dec. 29, he again fled from the jail by breaking a window leading out to an impound lot.