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Hobart Roark (Photo courtesy of the Brown County Sheriff s Office) On Feb. 9 at approximately 2:31 p.m., Hobert Roark, 41, who had escaped from the Brown County Jail in December, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals and the Portsmouth Police Department.
The U.S. Marshals, acting on information provided by the Brown County Sheriff’s Office, were able to carry out the arrest without incident at a residence on Fourth Street in Portsmouth.
Arrested along with Roark was his girlfriend, Desiree Phillips, 39, who was allegedly hiding Hobert Roark in her basement. She is currently being held on obstruction charges to be filed by the Portsmouth Police Department at Scioto County Detention Center.
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.