Legends Elite Owner Arrested For Relationship With Athlete/Employee

Incident Number:  50-24-5118

Date/Time: Between February 2023 and March 2023

Location: Legends Elite, 155 Commerce Way Suite D Dover, DE

Contact:   Dover Police Department Public Information Officer
Master Corporal Ryan Schmid   Email: Ryan.Schmid@cj.state.de.us

Narrative: The Dover Police Department has arrested Thomas Keaton, 31, of Dover, for several charges related to a relationship he had with a former athlete/employee of Legends Elite, 155 Commerce Way Suite D Dover, DE. During the month of February 2024, the Dover Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit was contacted regarding a sexual relationship that had occurred between Keaton, who owned Legends Elite, and a female athlete/employee of the gym, who was 17-years-old when the relationship began. Through the investigation, it was revealed that Keaton had engaged in a sexual relationship with the girl between the months of February 2023 and March of 2023. Warrants were obtained for Keaton and on March 11, 2024, he turned himself in to Dover Police Department where he was processed and arraigned.

Keaton was committed to SCI on $121,000 cash bail on the following charges:
-Sexual Abuse of a Child by a Person of Trust First Degree (5x)
-Rape Fourth Degree (3x)
-Sexual Solicitation of a Child Under 18 Years Old
-Unlawful Sexual Contact Second Degree

Because of the sensitivity of this case, and in consideration of the victim, only limited information will be released at this time. Any questions regarding Keaton’s status with Legends Elite should be sent to the gym directly.

If anyone feels they may have been a victim of Keaton, he or she is asked to contact Detective Brandon Bowman at (302) 736-7141.

Keaton is presumed innocent until proven guilty.