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Anthony Warren Riley
Anthony Warren Riley, a former Faith Christian Academy teacher, was sentenced Friday to two consecutive terms of 13 to 16 months in prison in connection with a sexual assault case reaching back 30 years to when Riley was working at the school.
The case involved two women who said they were sexually assaulted by Riley when they were students in his class at the school. The assaults were alleged by the women to have happened between 1994 and 1996.
According to court documents, Riley was sentenced to a minimum of 13 months and a maximum of 16 months in jail for each woman’s assault after taking an Alford plea in the case. The sentences were suspended according to Riley's attorney, Geoff Hulse, meaning Riley will not serve any jail time.
An Alford plea is a guilty plea taken by a defendant that maintains the defendant’s innocence while also admitting enough evidence exists in a case that could result in a jury finding the defendant guilty.
Riley will have to register as a sex offender for the next 30 years as a result of taking the plea, along with serving the prison sentence. In addition, the court ordered Riley to undergo psychiatric treatment as part of his punishment.
Riley was represented by Goldsboro attorney Geoff Hulse, with the Haithcock, Barfield, Hulse and King law firm.
Along with the other conditions of the plea, the judge in the case also enforced a no contact order between Riley and the victims and required him to provide a DNA sample to the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office at specific times.
A no contact order prohibits a defendant from having any contact with the victims anywhere at any time.
Christian Powell, Faith Free Will Baptist Church pastor, released a statement Friday following the trial’s conclusion that said staff at the church and school respect the trial’s outcome.
“The current and former staff of Faith Christian Academy and Faith Free Will Baptist Church have cooperated fully with the authorities in this investigation,” Powell said. “Our church and school ministry has not tolerated and will not tolerate child abuse in any form. We are fully committed to ministering to our community in a safe and responsible manner.”
A Goldsboro police news release distributed at the time of Riley’s arrest, which happened Aug. 7, 2020, stated Riley’s arrest followed a police investigation that started June 23, 2020, when police received a complaint of an alleged sexual assault that happened in the mid-1990s while the victim was attending Faith Christian Academy, which is located at located at 1200 W. Grantham St.
As police investigated the case, they discover a second victim who was a juvenile and alleged she had been sexually assaulted, Goldsboro police said.
Police identified Riley as the primary suspect in both instances, leading to his arrest. The girls were each 11 years old at the time of the assaults.
Riley’s trial started Jan. 18 in Superior Court in the Wayne County Courthouse. The jury eventually received the case and started deliberations Thursday.
On Friday, no verdict had been reached, but Riley took the Alford plea, ending the trial.
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