A GoFundMe page last year raised about $ 2,000 for Rob Grow when his Rockaway Township restaurant closed. Now, the owner of Potbelly’s Cafe is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage employee on several occasions in 2018 and 2019.
Grow, 61, of Rockaway Borough, assaulted the 17-year-old on several occasions between December 1, 2018 and March 8, 2018, according to Morris County District Attorney Robert Carroll.
Grow is accused of second-degree sexual assault, endangering the third degree for a child’s well-being and two third-degree charges endangering for a child’s well-being.
He was released after her arrest on Monday and sentenced to have no contact with the girl and / or unsupervised contact with minors other than her own children.
Carroll asked anyone with information about the incident to call his office at 973-285-6200 or Rockaway Borough Police at 973-627-1314.
Grow on his Facebook page said he was barred from entering the restaurant when he missed his rent payment in November. When asked how long it would remain closed, he replied: “forever and ever, my friend.”
A GoFundMe page created to help Grow after the restaurant closed raised just over $ 1,900. The page stopped receiving donations in December.
Organizer Marlene Deyo said Grow was active with the Business Owners Association, organized a cleanup of the Rockaway River twice a year, helped the elderly during the pandemic and is a member of the recreation committee
A dinner scene for ABC’s “Emergence” was filmed at the restaurant in November 2019.
Contact reporter Dan Alexander at [email protected] or via Twitter @DanAlexanderNJ
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