55-Year-Old Dover Man Charged with Rape 4th Degree 10-11-2019

Incident/Complaint#:  50-19-4475

Date/Time:  See Narrative

Location:  Undisclosed Location in Dover, DE

Officer Releasing Information:   M/Cpl. Mark Hoffman, Public Information Officer

Narrative: 

The Dover Police Department arrested Robert Blair (55) for Rape 4th Degree on Wednesday, October 9th, 2019.  In January of 2019, detectives were notified that Blair was having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female at the time.  This relationship was alleged to have occurred between November 2018 and January 2019.  During the course of the investigation, it was learned that the victim was pregnant.  On October 9th, 2019, Blair admitted to the sexual relationship  with the minor victim and that the child was possibly his.  Blair was charged with a single count of Rape 4th degree and released on an O.R. Bond.