ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A man reportedly tried and failed to escape from the Rockingham County Detention Center last week, according to the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office.
Bobby Lee Dobbins, 55, of Rocky Mount, Virginia, was charged with possessing tools for escape from jail and attempting to escape from a county confinement facility. He was behind bars on a charge of robbery with a dangerous weapon.
On Jan. 15, Dobbins reportedly dislodged an assistive handrail from the wall of his cell and used it to try to break through the concrete wall.
The sheriff’s office says he was unsuccessful in getting through the wall…