Mar 19, 2024

Deputies capture wanted Kansas felon

Posted Mar 19, 2024 12:00 AM
Hobbs-photo Brown Co.
Hobbs-photo Brown Co.

BROWN COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas felon on new allegations after a weekend arrest.

Just after 7:30p.m. March 16, deputies arrested 48-year-old Robert Hobbs of Fairview without incident on a Jackson County Felony Probation Violation Warrant, according to Brown County Sheriff John Merchant.

Hobbs was also arrested for a Kansas Department of Corrections Felony Parole Violation Warrant and a Felony Brown County $1000 cash Failure to Appear Warrant.  He has previous convictions for drugs in 2017 and 2023, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.