North Carolina social worker Larry Maxey surrenders license; criminal investigation

Concerned Citizen

2013-04-16 16:07:43

In 1995, Larry Maxey was accused of taking two minor females under his care to a hotel for sexual activity. He was employed with Onslow County DSS and his wife had a foster home in which both of them worked. The allegations were investigated and substantiated by the NC SBI; however, the girls refused to testify and Maxey was never charged or convicted. Although this was known, he worked in child protective services in Pamlico County not long after that. He eventually left but it is my understanding that he is, again, employed in the same position. This man displays the characteristics of a sexual predator and should never be in a position of authority over anyone in a vulnerable situation. He should be an electronically monitored registered sex offender.

Shawn Dyer

2013-12-08 10:09:45

How is this man now a supervisor at child protective services in Pamlico County??? Please someone explain this to me...

Anonymous

2014-04-10 16:18:29

I wonder that myself. Furthermore, this is not the first incident; it's just the first publically reported one.

F.M. Williams

2014-06-03 08:52:51

The supervisor who hired Maxey knows his record but is a long-time friend. Regardless, a man with this kind of record should never be allowed to work in social services, especially with children. He also has another charge from 2009 for destruction of personal property. Shawn, I am with you in wondering how he is in the position he is in.

Anonymous

2014-06-04 10:37:03

Does it not matter that the man was never charged and his license will soon be returned? The matter was settled w/o charges of any kind.

Anonymous

2014-10-27 12:13:06

Was any of this ever proven?

Chuck

2016-05-18 13:30:14

He was never charged or even interviewed by the police. The DA refused to even consider charges as he saw right through what was happening The "client" was a well known associate of the owner of the company that Maxie reported for Medicaid fraud. One of the principals in the company was later found guilty of fraud and sentenced to prison. Get your facts right.

Charles

2016-09-22 10:48:02

This was all cleared up years ago when the woman admitted lying to the police. No charges, nothing to indicate anything except the company SHE worked for was committing medicaid fraud. Look up Terry Speller.

Anonymous

2018-06-08 04:26:55

This is corruption! How could the district attorney, Kimberly Rodd, conclude that this was consensual as the act occurred during the second session with this therapist?

Edilma Miranda

2020-04-04 06:29:20

I was the victim

Knowsthefacts

2022-03-15 03:57:14

Terry Speller was not the owner of the company Larry was working for. He was working for Precision Health Care in Kinston, which was owned by Act Medical group when this happened. He wasn%u2019t charged because an out of court agreement was reached between Larry and the victim, with the DA in agreement, to keep it from going to trial. He could not get his license back because the agreement included a non-disclosure clause, preventing the licensure board from being able to actually fully investigate the matter. There are numerous past incidents of this type of behavior that due to good lawyers, knowing the right people including DA%u2019s and judges in the counties he worked in, he was never actually charged with anything. He is truly a case where if everything came to light what he has done people would be horrified at the failure of so many systems including the justice system and the DSS system, as well as how many people in positions of power are involved or know of this cover up.

I have the facts

2022-09-13 12:27:18

Few of the above statements are True. Larry reported the company he worked for for medicaid fraud. He reported the company and shortly thereafter an associate with the company made an allegation Against him To discredit him. The district attorney didn't even interview him Although they did investigate it. This was a clear cut case Of someone trying to discredit his report.
He was never investigated for anything else no matter what other people say. He does have an ex wife who is very vindictive and probably behind most of these comments.
It's easy for people to make allegations, especially on a Web page like this, Where facts are not important.
There were no disciplinary actions taken by the LCSW board.

Sue Sykes

2022-09-14 16:24:13

Larry, you say that the North Carolina Board of Social Work did not take disciplinary action against you.

That's not exactly true.

Sometime in or around February 2012, the Board contacted you regarding a client's allegation that you sexually assaulted her after a therapy session.

The Board's consent order states that, on advice of your lawyer, you declined to respond to the allegation and instead surrendered your license.

"...Respondent, while not admitting to the allegations, will not contest the allegations set forth in this Consent Order."

You avoided disciplinary action but that's not to say that had you answered the Board's allegation that you would not have been subject to disciplinary action. You probably woudl have and that's probably why you surrendered.

The Ex Wife

2022-09-15 17:31:22

Paying the victim $15k to "settle out of court" for his actions should tell you all you need to know. I did not sign the nondisclosure agreement that Larry did, so please, feel free to ask any questions you may have. As far as "being vindictive and probably behind most of these comments" - up to this point I have not said anything. But since I am being accused of it, well then, let the questions and answers begin. You really should not open Pandoras Box when I have and can provide all the support of what has been hidden in that box.

keyboard warrier

2022-10-03 08:13:07

You have to love all of these keyboard warriors who spout nonsense without facts.
The facts are simple. An allegation was made and Larry wasn't allowed to respond by his lawyer other than to deny the allegations or respond in any way. Larry VOLUNTARILY surrendered his license and was offered the opportunity to have them returned by the Board. He declined.
Larry received a letter from the client's attorney where he said there were no criminal actions being investigated by the DA nor would her attorney support any criminal investigation or prosecution.
The Board states clearly there are no disciplinary actions.
The rest of the comments are clearly vindictive speculation.
Larry was hired by both local and state government after this was settled and vetted so the rest is simply untrue.
For the record the ex isn't behind any of this but has plenty of reason to dislike Larry. Any statements to the contrary are regretted.

Sue Sykes

2022-10-12 15:52:06

So we're supposed to accept the assertions of "keyboard warrier" as fact but not anyone else's assertions...

Chris

2024-02-07 17:18:35

I worked with Larry with an agency in Nash County. He would make inappropriate sexual comments to men and women he supervised. He had an obsession with a male who was trans. There was a complaint made and Larry was later dismissed from the organization. I don%u2019t doubt at all that these incidents occurred. Their are just two many alleged incidents throughout his professional history, his character is definitely questionable.