Detective Carmen "Nova" Riley was a undercover police detective who formerly worked with the Narcotics Division, assigned by Bill Brewster to infiltrate the Marcy Killers/Corporation. She continued to work that undercover assignment, under the supervision of Ayanna Bell from the Organized Crime Control Bureau. Following the suspicious murder of crime lord Preston Webb, she resigned from the NYPD and moved back to her hometown with her brother.
History[]
While undercover with the Marcy Killers, Riley started a relationship with a woman named Penda. After Penda was killed in a drive by shooting, Bell and Jet went to talk to her about what happened that night. However, they later found out that she was an undercover detective working for Brewster, which angered Bell. (OC: "New World Order")
Riley was distraught after Penda's death and told Brewster that she is going to go to her funeral. Brewster told her that he forbids her to go and Riley handed him her gun and badge and resigned. At Penda's church, Bell persuaded Riley, using the story of what happened to Gina Cappelletti, to come back to the force and help them find Penda's killers, which Riley agreed to do. (OC: "The Outlaw Eddie Wagner")
Riley was rewarded by the other members of the Marcy Corporation by giving her a promotion to Vice President, making her a member of the senior management. She also lets Bell know that at the meeting where she got her promotion was Preston Webb and his mentor Congressman Leon Kilbride (aka Mr. Taylor), who has been showing an interest in Ayanna as a possible new recruit. (OC: "Ashes To Ashes")
After discovering that her brother, Derrick, was going to start a charity sponsored by Webb and Preston's wife Cassandra at the church, Nova approached Derrick and revealed to Derrick that she was an undercover detective investigating Webb. Derrick told her that their father, Tobias, would not have liked this because he was a police officer killed in the line of duty. (OC: "Can't Knock The Hustle")
After Preston was found murdered and his wife Cassandra was arrested for his murder despite not committing it, Carmen handed in her badge and gun, departed the Organized Crime Control Bureau and left New York for good, with indications that Carmen murdered Preston herself, which could ultimately never be proven despite the charges against Cassandra eventually being dropped, resulting in Preston's murder remaining unsolved. (OC: "Friend Or Foe")
Officer-involved shootings[]
- Derrick Riley (non-fatal) (OC: "Streets Is Watching")
Trivia[]
- Riley is the only main character on Law & Order: Organized Crime that hasn't starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
- Riley is the first main character on OC to have previously starred as a recurring character.
- Riley is the first main character on Law & Order: Organized Crime to appear in only one season (the second being Jamie Whelan). Alongside that, she is the shortest serving main character on the series.
- Riley is the third-shortest serving main character in the franchise on a show with more than one season, behind Nola Falacci and Nick Falco.
- Riley is the only former main character from Law & Order: Organized Crime that wasn't killed off.
Appearances[]
- Law & Order: Organized Crime (1 season, 16 episodes):
- Season 2: "The Man With No Identity" • "New World Order" • "The Outlaw Eddie Wagner" • "For A Few Leke More" • "Unforgivable" • "High Planes Grifter" • "Ashes To Ashes" • "Nemesis" • "As Iago Is To Othello" • "...Wheatley Is To Stabler" • "Takeover" • "Guns & Roses" • "Can't Knock The Hustle" • "Dead Presidents" • "Streets Is Watching" • "Friend Or Foe"
 Law & Order: Organized Crime - Main Characters
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Squad Supervisors: Ayanna Bell Senior Detectives: Elliot Stabler Junior Detectives: Bobby Reyes • Carmen Riley • Jet Slootmaekers • Jamie Whelan Family Members: Randall Stabler • Angela Wheatley • Richard Wheatley | |