A former high school teacher, coach and athletic director in Montgomery County was sentenced to 90 days in jail this week after pleading guilty in a child sex abuse case dating back three decades.
Michael John Riley, 64, of Walkersville admitted in court Monday to engaging in sex acts with a student at Rockville High School in 1984 and 1985. She was 16 when the relationship started and he was 29, according to prosecutors. An investigation of the case began this year, in April...
...Riley had taught history and coached basketball at Rockville High School, prosecutors said in court Monday. Over his career, he also had worked at Richard Montgomery, Poolesville and Clarksburg high schools. More recently, he had served as athletic director at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville...
November 6, 2018
ReplyDeleteOne can't help but wonder why was he singled out after three decades.
ReplyDelete“There are two legal systems: One for the rich and powerful, and one for everyone else.”
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"You don't tug on Superman's cape
ReplyDeleteYou don't spit into the wind . . ." -James Croce
It's a matter of Influence, Money and Prestige.
ReplyDeleteThe public prosecutor deemed the case actionable, thirty-five years after the fact, only when the accused former public school teacher became a staff member of a private institution. This raises questions whether the sound discretion is arbitrary or fair and equitable under each circumstance.
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