Delaware Officer Robert Grover Was Charged With Unlawful Sexual Contact. He Remained on the Police Force.

 

Delaware Police Officer Robert Grover Was Charged With Unlawful Sexual Contact. He Remained on the Force.

Robert Grover was a veteran officer with the New Castle County Police Department in Delaware when he was arrested in October 2020.

The charge stemmed from an alleged sexual assault at Dover Downs Casino.

Delaware State Police reviewed surveillance footage and interviewed witnesses before identifying Grover as the suspect and charging him with third-degree unlawful sexual contact, a misdemeanor.

After his arraignment, Grover was released on his own recognizance and ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from the woman.

His department placed him on administrative leave with pay.

But Grover remained a police officer.

Two years later, on December 2, 2022, he was among 18 officers involved in a multi-agency pursuit of Jonathan Wiseman, an armed suspect whom authorities said was driving erratically and threatening officers and civilians.

According to Delaware's official use-of-force review, Grover leaned out of his patrol-car door and fired five rounds into the rear of Wiseman's vehicle during the encounter. Wiseman was ultimately killed in the police shooting.

These are two separate incidents, and the distinction matters. The 2020 sexual-contact case was an allegation and misdemeanor charge; the screenshot does not establish a conviction or final disposition. The 2022 shooting occurred during a larger armed confrontation involving numerous officers and should not be characterized as a criminal act by Grover without evidence establishing that.

But for an accountability archive, the institutional question remains:

A police officer was arrested and accused of unlawful sexual contact. He was placed on paid leave. Two years later, he was still carrying a badge and firing his weapon in the line of duty.