Anonymous tip leads to discovery of unregistered sex offender found living in Keavy

Following up on an anonymous tip, Kentucky State Police found convicted sex offender Amos Lee Riley living in a home on Level Green Road in the Keavy community Tuesday night.

According to Trooper Don Trosper, public affairs officer at Post 11 in London, Riley, 58, who pleaded guilty in Panama City, Fla. in 1999 to exposing himself to a 16-year-old and becoming sexually aroused from the incident, had recently moved from Florida to Kentucky but had failed to register himself in the state police’s sex offender registry database.

"Sex offenders moving from out of state are required to register within five days upon establishing residency," Trosper said.

Trooper Richie Baxter took Riley into custody. Riley was lodged in the Laurel County Detention Center where he is being held on a $10,000 cash bond.

Under Kentucky law, the charge is a class "D" felony carrying a potential sentence of up to one year in jail.