Another Day, Another New Hampshire Fugitive Is In Custody: NH DOC

CONCORD, NH — According to the New Hampshire Department of Corrections, another fugitive of the week is in custody and behind bars.

Robert Allen Tobin, 48, was featured on Feb. 12 after being accused of failing to report for ordered substance abuse treatment and reporting to probation as directed.

A warrant was issued for his arrest in December 2024.

Tobin, officials said, was found by Lebanon police on March 7 after they were tipped off that he might be living at a relative’s home. Police found him at the home and he was arrested.

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Tobin was taken to the Grafton County House of Corrections and held on preventative detention. He has an evidentiary hearing set for March 19. A probation violation hearing will follow, officials said.

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Tobin’s criminal history dates back at least nearly 10 years, according to superior court documents, after he was accused of drug sale and acts prohibited charges in Newport in July 2015. He was also accused of drug sale and possession in Lebanon in June 2015 but was not charged until February 2016.

In September 2016, he pleaded guilty to the two Lebanon charges and was sentenced to three years probation and $868 in fines, suspended for five years.

Tobin pleaded guilty to two of the four Newport counts in December 2016 and received a 12-month sentence and $868 in fines, all suspended, and three years of probation.

In February 2017, he was indicted on a drug sale charge out of Lebanon from September 2016, but the charges was nolle prossed a few months later.

In March 2019, he was arrested on a possession charge in Lebanon and received a two-and-a-half-to-five-year sentence with 130 days of time served and a $620 fine that was suspended for five years in August 2019.

In April 2019, Tobin was arrested again on acts prohibited and controlled drug sale charges in Lebanon. In August 2019, he received a three-and-a-half-to-seven-year sentence and a $620 fine.

Tobin was found to have violated his probation in August 2019 on the Newport charges and received a two-and-a-half-to-five-year sentence with 130 days of time served.

All the sentences were to be served consecutively.

In March 2023, he was arrested again in Lebanon on a subsequent drug possession charge. He pleaded guilty in November 2023 and received a one-and-a-half-to-three-year sentence and a $620 fine, both suspended for three years. According to the court, the case was reopened in March 2024 after Tobin was accused of violating his probation. He was accused of failing to appear at the sentencing hearing in July 2024. A bail hearing was sent for Dec. 2, 2024, and he was given $2,500 cash bail. A warrant was issued on Dec. 9, 2024, for violation of probation.

A sentencing hearing booked for Jan. 7 was canceled, and on Jan. 21, a request for documents in a criminal case was made in Grafton County Superior Court.

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