A Question of Priorities #9
In this section of Bubbaworld we reveal examples of events which should cause a reasonable person to question the priorities of both Oklahoma's Criminal Justice System and those that control it.
Osage County District Court, Pawhuska, Oklahoma
DA of Record: Larry Stuart
Judge of Record: Unknown
In June, 2003 Ronald Gene Riley, of Barnsdall, OK and former Hominy High School track and football coach pleaded guilty to four counts of lewd molestation and one count of sexual battery in a case involving the sexual abuse of four female students ranging in age from 15 to 17 year old.
Riley received four 15-year suspended sentences on the lewd molestation charges and a five-year suspended sentence for the sexual battery charge, was ordered to serve six months in the Osage County Jail and was fined $10,000.
News media reports indicated that Riley is also a former police officer in both Chelsea and Locust Grove, Oklahoma.

