Carmen Riley

**Detective Carmen 'Nova' Riley** was an undercover detective with the Organized Crime Control Bureau, who was assigned to infiltrate the Marcy Corporation. She was formerly a detective with the Narcotics Division.

## History

### Season 2

Nova is approached by Stabler and Reggie who demand to receive the cocaine. After Nova refuses to give it to him, Bogdani holds Penda, Nova's girlfriend, hostage and demand that they get the drugs. Nova hands Stabler the drugs and they walk away. However, Webb gets Flowers and Nova in trouble for going rogue, after Hugo informs Webb that Flowers and Riley got ahold of drugs from the K-O. Flowers takes all the blame and claims that Nova had nothing to do with it. (OC: "The Man With No Identity")

Nova assisted Reggie in infiltrating an abandoned warehouse where two Italian gangsters were sitting. Reggie and Nova held one of them hostage before Reggie pulled the trigger. When Stabler and Albi arrive, Nova becomes startled and points a gun at Stabler and Albi. Stabler then points a gun at Nova before being asked by Albi to put the gun away. At the precinct, Stabler informs Bell and Brewster about the murders and Bell tells Stabler and Brewster that she wants to flip Nova. Later, Nova and Penda make a quick stop at the diner while on their way to see Hamilton. However, when Nova gets out of the car, two gunmen in a car shoot at the diner, shot and killed Penda and wounded Nova. Nova desperately tried to revive Penda before breaking down on the side of the street. After Penda is shot and killed, Bell and Jet go and find Nova, and they tell her that they know her girlfriend, Penda, was shot and want to find the people who did it. Nova tells Bell that she doesn't need help but later shows up at the station and Brewster tells Bell that she is an undercover detective who works for him and was assigned to infiltrate the Marcy Killers, which she has been doing for six years. (OC: "New World Order")

After Penda's death, Nova told Brewster that she was going to tell Brewster that she was going to attend Penda's funeral. However, Brewster wouldn't let her and Nova handed him her gun and badge. Later, Bell met with Nova at the church and Bell encourages her to return to the force for the people who need her. Later, after Hugo gets released from prison, Nova waits for Hugo outside the prison before hugging him. Hugo told Nova that he heard about what happened to Penda and asked if she was alright. Nova told Hugo that they have to make this right. (OC: "The Outlaw Eddie Wagner")

Bell spotted Nova talking to Kilbride in his office, asking her to deliver something to Preston Webb. After leaving Kilbride's office, Nova spots Bell and Denise sitting there but leaves instantly. (OC: "Unforgivable")

Moennig notifies Bell that he is stepping down as commanding officer of the Organized Crime Control Bureau and Cho and Maldonado will be a permanent part of the squad. Bell asks if Nova will also be a permanent part of her squad but Moennig claims that he doesn't know. Moennig also tells Bell that Brewster will be taking his place. Later, Bell meets with Nova to talk about KIlbride and Nova claims that Kilbride and Preston Webb grew up in the same hood and that Kilbride hooked her up with the Marcy Corporation. (OC: "High Planes Grifter")

Nova meets with Bell at the precinct and reveals to Bell that she was promoted to Vice President of the Marcy Corporation and claims that Kilbride and her mentor Hugo were in Webb's office for a meeting and reveals details about Kilbride's criminal identity. She also claims that Kilbride was comfortable enough to mention that he was cultivating a relationship with Bell whom he believes would have his back if he were to ask her for anything. (OC: "Ashes to Ashes")

Nova attended the ceremony, for the opening of the Leon Kilbride Community Library, as Congressman Kilbride's aide. Nova met with Bell at a nearby street and claims she recognises some of the guys that Kilbride is working for from the Marcy Corporation, who work for Preston Webb. Later that night, Nova and Kilbride meet with Webb's men, who are in charge of building the library, and Kilbride announces that he wants delays and work stoppages to gain more money. (OC: "Nemesis")

When Bell was supposed to meet with Denise for their anniversary lunch, Nova was there along with Kilbride and Garcia who expressed their concerns about Stabler being an overzealous cop with a vendetta against Wheatley. After the meeting, Bell met with Nova and Nova told her that Kilbride is starting to trust her and that she is starting to get invited to more things. Nova told Bell that she thinks that maybe they are right about Stabler. (OC: "As Iago Is To Othello")

While Nova and Hugo are walking to meet with Webb at a warehouse, Hugo tells Nova that Webb had ordered a hit on a man named Joe Bartis, while the city is distracted by the blackout caused by Richard Wheatley. Nova and Hugo then approached Webb inside the warehouse. Webb becomes mad when Nova and Hugo stopped to check out Joe when he wanted him in his hands as soon as possible. Webb tells Hugo and Nova that they are in a crisis due to the blackout. (OC: "...Wheatley Is To Stabler")

Nova gets a call from Hugo who tells her that he is trying to get ahold of Webb. Hugo claims that there is a problem at the warehouse. Later, Nova meets with her brother, Derrick, at the grave of their deceased parents. Derrick then invites Nova to join a church ceremony which means a lot to him. Later, Nova attends the church ceremony run by Derrick who talks about the concept of love. Nova then spots Webb and Cassandra entering the church. Later, after Webb calls a meeting, Nova, Hugo and Webb enter a meeting place after Webb becomes concerned about the factions that are focused on each members interests. Webb then announces Nova's promotion to lieutenant. After Chopper then starts insulting Nova, Webb brutally assaults him and stabs him in the hand with a knife. After Nova's promotion, Nova reports back to Bell and Bell becomes concerned. Nova then gives Bell her brother's number just in case something bad happens to her. (OC: "Takeover")

After a lawyer and her client are murdered, Hugo meets with Nova and Hugo claims that the police are after him and looking to pin the double homicide on him. Later, Nova meets with Bell and tells Bell that Hugo is not the killer. Nova also tells Bell that Webb is not involved in sex trafficking as it goes against everything he stands for. Nova tells Bell that she thinks too much like a cop and Bell tells Nova that she thinks too much like a gangster. After enough evidence is gained to arrest Hugo, Nova tells Bell where Hugo is hiding and Bell finds Hugo hidden between two mattresses in his aunt's home and arrests him. Later, Nova and Hugo meet with Webb and Webb becomes concerned that Hugo didn't tell him about his connections to one of the murder victims. Nova tells Hugo that she will talk to Webb but Hugo doesn't trust her anymore. Nova complains to Bell about Webb not trusting her anymore but Bell tells Nova that they will win him back. (OC: "Guns & Roses")

Webb meets with Nova and Derrick for dinner and Webb claims that he wants to donate money to her charity. Nova tells Derrick not to accept the money from Webb. Later, Nova finds out that Derrick is setting up a health care clinic at his church. Nova meets him at the church and says that she is hoping that she is doing the right thing. Derrick tells Nova that she can't put herself above Webb. Nova then reveals to Derrick that she is an undercover detective investigating Webb. Derrick claims that their father would not want this because he was murdered in the line of duty but Derrick won't tell Nova who killed him. (OC: "Can't Knock The Hustle")

Nova barges into Derrick's office while he is meeting with people. Nova then tells Derrick that she figured out that he purchased a firearm. Derrick tells Nova that they shouldn't take about it in the church and Nova questions Derrick. Derrick then tells Nova that their father was murdered by Webb and that he doesn't care what he is getting involved in. Nova says that Derrick is all she has left after their parents death and that she dreams about murdering Webb too. Nova tells Derrick that she doesn't want to lose him so Derrick tells Nova that he doesn't have the gun and didn't end up purchasing it because he changed his mind. Nova then hugs her brother. (OC: "Dead Presidents")

Nova notifies Stabler and Bell that Webb had ordered a hit on him. Later, Nova is assigned by Webb to deliver Kilbride a message but Nova and Webb are interrupted by Stabler. Later, Nova steals a burner phone from Webb that only has one number. Jet has assistance who helps locate the address of Stabler's hitman using GPS. Nova meets with Stabler at the address given to them by Jet and they discover a bunch of photographs of Stabler's family. Nova and Stabler then chase after a woman named Natalie but Stabler loses her and notifies Bell that Natalie is targeting his family. Later, Derrick approaches Webb with a gun and confronts him about the accusations of him murdering his father. Webb denies the allegations but the pair are interrupted by Nova. Nova then tries to intervene but Webb accuses Nova of wanting to get revenge. Nova is then forced to shoot Derrick to protect him. Later, Nova meets with Derrick at the hospital and Derrick tells Nova that she should've let him kill Webb. Nova then gives Derrick a bus ticket to Chicago to go back home. (OC: "Streets Is Watching")

After Webb goes missing, Nova meets with Cassandra at the art gallery. Nova tells Cassandra that everybody is searching for Webb and they have nothing on his location. Cassandra then tells Nova that Webb had loved her like she was apart of their family. Cassandra tells Nova that she wants her to tell Webb where to meet Cassandra when he calls her. Cassandra then becomes sure that Webb will call her. Later, after Webb's deceased body is found and Cassandra gets arrested, Nova tells Derrick that she had resigned from the force and turned in her badge, claiming that her work is done. Derrick then finds out that the murder charge against Cassandra was dropped and that she did not murder Webb. Nova then tells Derrick that Webb's murderer could be anyone. (OC: "Friend Or Foe")

## Appearances

* Law & Order: Organized Crime
	+ Season 2: "The Man With No Identity" • "New World Order" • "The Outlaw Eddie Wagner" • "For A Few Lekë 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"