Former Powhatan sports academy owner found guilty of 12 child sex crimes

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Additionally, due to the ages of the alleged victims in this case, 8News has decided to forego publishing their full names and instead will refer to them as child 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

POWHATAN COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- A jury found the former owner of Fast Feet Sports Academy in Powhatan County guilty of 12 out of 18 total child sex crimes. He could face a sentence of up to 240 years in prison.

Joseph Parker, the former owner of Fast Feet Sports Academy, was arrested after six girls between the ages of nine and 12 accused him of inappropriately touching them.

In the early hours on Thursday, March 26, in Powhatan Circuit Court, Parker was found not guilty of six counts of indecent acts with a child while in a custodial role, and guilty of 12 counts of aggravated sexual assault with the victim less than 13 years old.

The charges he was found guilty of carry a sentence of one to 20 years in prison each, meaning Parker could be facing up to 240 years in prison. He is facing a minimum of 12 years.

After two days of trial, the jury deliberated for nearly five hours and read the verdict just before 1 a.m. on Thursday, March 26. Parker did not react as the verdict was read.

Parker's sentencing will be scheduled during docket call on April 14.

For a full recap of the first day of the trial and the first eight witnesses' testimonies, click here.

Facts of the case

Parker was charged with six counts of indecent acts with a child while in a custodial role and 12 counts of aggravated sexual battery with the victim being younger than 13 years old.

Court records state the alleged crimes happened on March 3, 2023 and Sept. 3, 2024. Parker was arrested on March 20, 2025 and has been in custody ever since.

Parker opened Fast Feet in 2017 as a before- and after-school sports program and summer program. There are no cameras installed at the facility.

Six girls came forward and accused Parker of inappropriately touching them while they attended Fast Feet. Two of the girls testified in the courtroom, while the other four testified in a different room.

Video and sound were livestreamed into the courtroom using what’s called Closed Circuit Television (CCTV). The Commonwealth’s Attorney asked for this, saying it would be too traumatic for the girls to face Parker.

The Commonwealth was represented by Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Timothy Dustan and Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Alice Sheridan. Parker’s defense attorney is Edward Riley. Judge Joseph Teefey oversaw the trial.

Twelve jurors and one alternate were selected on Monday, March 24. The jury was made up of two men and 10 women once the alternate was dismissed.

Thirty-three witnesses testified, including Parker as the final witness.

Witness 9

The ninth witness called to the stand by the Commonwealth was Scott Outman. He’s the father of child 4.

Outman said he liked that Fast Feet was sports-oriented, and that the kids were off of their electronics. He knew that his daughter, now 13, had made friends at the facility.

He said he received a call from the Powhatan County Sheriff's Office in March of 2025 but did not share context as to what he was told during this call.

“I was beyond upset,” he said about what he was told.

Outman said child 4 had never previously shared anything concerning about what happened at Fast Feet, but that she eventually became withdrawn and would stay in her bedroom.

He said child 4 was interviewed at the Child Advocacy Center after getting the call from the sheriff's office.

Witness 10

The 10th witness called to the stand by the Commonwealth was child 4. She appeared via CCTV.

Child 4, now 13, said there wasn’t anything about Parker that she didn’t like, but that he made her uncomfortable by hugging her from behind and putting his hand on her chest area. She said this happened more than once.

She said Parker tickled her on her sides over her clothes and would poke her on the shoulders, sides and stomach.

She said she never told him to stop but that she didn’t like it, and if she saw Parker coming her way, she said she would go into the bathroom “to avoid him.”

“It’s made me feel angry and upset,” she said. 

Child 4 said she didn’t see Parker touching anyone else.

Witness 11

The 11th witness called to the stand by the Commonwealth was Stephanie Plunkett, the mother of child 5.

Plunkett said her son and daughter, child 5, went to Fast Feet and that she had no safety concerns at the time. They went before and after school and to the summer program. Plunkett said she thought her daughter liked Fast Feet and never heard any complaints from her about Parker.

Plunkett said she received a call in March of 2025 from the Powhatan County Sheriff's Office and received some information. No context as to what she was told was testified in court.

Through tears, Plunkett said child 4 had “built in emotional wall,” started losing her hair, didn’t want to be hugged or touched, had a hard time sleeping and would get very angry. She started wearing multiple layers of clothing “trying to hide.”

She said child 5 was interviewed twice at the Child Advocacy Center. During the first interview, child 5 disclosed no information. Plunkett said when they got home, child 5 shared more information, and Plunkett decided to take her back for a second interview.

Witness 12

The 12th person called to testify for the Commonwealth was child 5. She is now 11 years old and was the first of the accusers to testify in the courtroom.

“[Parker] kept touching me in the wrong spot,” she said. “Up my shirt and down my pants.” 

Child 5 this happened in the lobby behind a desk in a rolling chair. She said she would be sitting on Parker's lap when he touched her, and that this happened more than once. She said she remembered his hand being cold when he touched her, but it would start getting sweaty as time went on.

Child 5 said she saw Parker touching child 3 when he had his hand up her shirt while child 3 was sitting on his lap.

She said when she saw this, she thought to herself, “At least I’m not the only one this is happening to."

After child 5 said she spoke to some other girls about this happening, she and child 2 went to the manager at Fast Feed and told her what was happening. 

Child 5 said the first time she was interviewed at the Child Advocacy Center, she didn’t say much because she didn’t know the person who was interviewing her. She then went home and told her parents about what Parker had allegedly done to her, and in her second interview told the interviewer what she'd told her parents.

Se admitted to being untruthful during the first interview.

Child 5 was questioned about some behavioral issues she'd had at Fast Feet, including drawing on the bathroom floor and an inappropriate statement she made to Parker.

She said Parker never told her to keep any secrets or not to tell about the way he allegedly touched her. 

Witness 13

The 13th witness called to the stand by the Commonwealth was James Greenstreet Sr., the paternal grandfather and legal guardian of child 6. 

Greenstreet said he became child 6's legal guardian in 2018. 

He said he met Parker when child 6 was playing on a youth soccer team. Parker had come by their house to look at a truck that Greenstreet was selling and talked about child 6 having some issues dealing with a traumatic childhood.

Parker told him about Fast Feet and suggested that child 6 become a participant. Greenstreet said he had no safety concerns about sending her to Fast Feet and that he trusted Parker.

In March of 2025, Greenstreet said he got a call from the Department of Social Services and got information about Parker, but no context was given about what that info was.

“It was real devastating,” he said “Didn’t want to believe it.”

Child 6 was the interviewed at the Child Advocacy Center.

Witness 14

The 14th witness called to testify by the Commonwealth was child 6. She's now 12 years old.

Child 6 said she liked playing sports at Fast Feet, but was uncomfortable because Parker would touch her chest under her clothes. She said his hand felt cold when he did this, and that it happened more than once.

She said one time she was in the gym area sitting by herself when he came over and sat next to her and put his hand under her shirt. She said she would go to the bathroom or locker room to get away from him.

She also said she saw Parker touching other girls.

Child 6 had initially said in an interview that nothing happened. She said no one ever told her to keep any secrets and that Parker never told her not to tell anyone about the alleged touching.

Witness 15

The 15th witness called to testify by the Commonwealth was Lisa Johnston with the Child Advocacy Center. Johnston conducts interviews with children after alleged abuse, and interviewed five of the six accusers in this case.

She said when she conducts interviews, she does not introduce any information, but allows the child to introduce everything. Law enforcement or Child Protective Services watches a live stream of the interview as it's happening in a different room.

She said that there are times children say nothing happened.

Witness 16

The 16th person called to testify was Cameron Wingfield, the former manager of Fast Feet.

Wingfield said she started working there in August 2018 as a high schooler and later became the manager. She worked there until the facility closed after Parker was arrested.

As a manager, she worked underneath Parker and said they were the only two who were there every single day. She said she mainly handled the people and Parker handled the building.

She said there were clear guidelines for the staff when it came to coming in contact with the kids. She said the policy was that side hugs were preferred and keeping a closed fist around the girls so “fingers wouldn’t linger."

She said these instructions were given to staff throughout the year, but that there were times Parker didn’t have a closed fist or didn't follow these rules.

On February 28, 2025, a Friday, child 2 and child 5 told her that Parker had touched them inappropriately

Wingfield said she was “very taken aback” and that “they looked very scared, very stressed.“

She said she sat on the information for a day and got some advice from her parents. By Sunday, two days later, she'd contacted law enforcement. She talked to Parker after he’d been contacted by an investigator on Tuesday. He denied any allegations and was very upset with whoever accused him.

After Parker was arrested, Wingfield became the main person to control Fast Feet.

"It was a lot on my plate,“ she said.

She said she had a meeting with the parents of Fast Feet to go over everything after Parker was arrested. She said Parker‘s wife, mom, daughter and mother-in-law attended the meeting and were “blaming her for what happened“ and said that “all five [were] yelling at me at the same time.”

In 2023, Wingfield sent an email to Parker about wanting to get paid more and be involved with the program. This email was not read out loud to the court. Wingfield said she and Parker had a meeting and “got past it."

Since the closure of Fast Feet, Wingfield has opened her own sports academy with a similar structure with her fiancé.

Witnesses 17, 18, 19 & 20

The next four witnesses called to the standby the Commonwealth were all former employees of Fast Feet.

They testified to Parker treating male and female kids differently and said he showed more favoritism toward girls. They also said he commented on girls hitting puberty.

Some said they saw Parker with a girl on his lap in his office.

Witness 21

The 21st witness called to testify by the Commonwealth was Nicole Davenport. She had a son and daughter attending Fast Feet.

She said on more than one occasion, she saw pre-teen aged girls sitting on Parker's lap and that they were the same girls doing this regularly. One was child 3.

She said another time when she was picking up her children, she saw Parker through the window with his arm around a girl and that his hand “grazed across her bottom.” 

“I froze,” she said “I wasn’t sure what to do.”

Davenport said she never said anything to Parker or any other employees about this and continued sending her children to Fast Feet.

Witness 22

The 22nd person called to testify by the Commonwealth was Marcella Rustioni, a licensed clinical social worker at the Child Advocacy Center in Arlington. She said she did not interview any of the girls involved in this case and was just providing an expert opinion based on her past experience interviewing victims.

Rustioni said there is a lot of shame and when it comes to children experiencing sexual abuse. She said the abuse could come from someone the child has a positive relationship with and that often children fear consequences for coming forward.

“It’s very common for children to wait weeks, months, or even years," she said.

Rustioni testified that inconsistencies in what the children say can be a very normal process of disclosure when it comes to reporting sexual assault. She said children can lie about sexual abuse, but it’s “really quite rare.“

She cited that between 2 to 8% of children lie about sexual abuse. She also said it is possible for children to say certain things to please someone when coming forward.

Witness 23

The 23rd witness called to testify by the Commonwealth was Lieutenant Marilyn Durham. She has worked with the Powhatan County Sheriff's Office for 16 years and was the lead detective in the case against Parker.

It was on March 2, 2025, that she received the first report of possible sexual abuse from Cameron Wingfield. Lt. Durham said they met the next day to get an official statement and contacted Child Protective Services (CPS).

Lt. Durham and someone from CPS spoke to Parker the next day. She said it’s not ideal to talk to the suspect so soon, but because Parker was around so many children, it was important to talk to him sooner rather than later.

She said he was surprised when he was told about the allegations, but that she did not give Parker the names of who accused him.

She said Parker said if kids ever sat on an adult's lap, it was on the knee and that he and the other men at the facility wore coaching underwear to ensure there were no slip ups.

He said he had “not ever” have had a parent talk to him about something making them uncomfortable. He said there was “a lot of physical interaction“ at the facility. There were 50 to 60 hugs a day and that kids sat on knees. Parker said the kids were always jumping on him and other staff.

Lt. Durham suggested a verbal safety plan be put in place and for there to be no touching of the kids at all. She said at first Parker said yes, but by the end of the conversation said he "didn’t want them to take that away from the kids."

She said they left with a plan but “not the way we wanted it.“

Parker was arrested a few weeks later after another child came forward. Lt. Durham said he was cooperative throughout the entire process.

That concluded the Commonwealth witnesses. Parker‘s defense then called its witnesses.

Witness 24

The first witness called to testify for the defense, and the 24th witness during the trial, was Lisa Johnston from the Child Advocacy Center for the second time.

Parker‘s defense attorney, Ed Riley, played two clips from interviews with two of the girls. The first video was with child 2. Johnston asked her if someone had touched her chest. Child 2 answered no.

In the second video with child 3, Johnston asked if she was ever asked to keep a secret. Child 3 answered no. Child 3 testified on day one that she was told to keep a secret by Parker.

Witnesses 25 & 26

The second and third witness called to the stand standby the defense, and the 25th and 26th witness in the trial, were former employees of Fast Feet. They each said they never saw Parker touching anyone inappropriately at Fast Feet or at the lake during one of their field trips.

They said the kids were always jumping on them, but that the policy about coming in contact with the kids was clear to everyone.

Witnesses 27 & 28

The fourth and fifth witnesses called to testify by the defense, and the 27th and 28th witnesses in the trial were two female family friends of the Parkers.

They each have known the Parker family for several years and had each been at Fast Feet before. They each said Parker had never done or said anything to make them feel uncomfortable.

Witness 29, 30, & 31

The sixth, seventh and eighth witnesses called to testify by the defense, and the 29th, 30th and 31st witnesses in the trial, were Parker‘s two daughters, 18 and 21, and his mother.

All three of them worked at Fast Feet and have been involved with the facility since it opened in 2017. All of them said they never saw Parker inappropriately touching anyone.

They all said the children loved being at Fast Feet and often didn’t want to leave.

Witness 32

The ninth witness called to testify by the defense, and the 32nd witness to testify during the trial, was Parker’s wife of 24 years, Nicola Parker.

She said she never saw Parker interact inappropriately with anyone at fast Feet.

She said when she heard the allegations, she “didn’t believe any of it."

Nicola said that when Cameron Wingfield, Fast Feet's manager, had a parent meeting after Parker was arrested, she had not been told about it, even though it was about the future of Fast Feet.

Nicola said when she was at Fast Feet, Parker was typically talking to parents or in his office working. She said parents were always in and out of the facility.

Nicola went through Parker‘s texts, emails and pictures and found nothing to support the accusations. She said no one from the Powhatan County Sheriff's Office ever talked to her regarding the investigation.

Witness 33

The final witness called to the stand was Joseph Parker.

Parker said he was a youth coach all the way through college and beyond. He said he was a trainer and coached soccer.

Parker opened Fast Feet in 2017, saying it was to give kids a place to be active and get off of their screens. He got choked up on the stand twice.

Parker talked about him and other staff picking up and throwing kids off of a dock into the water during lake days, and that there was a line of kids wanting to do this. He said they picked the kids up by the waist or armpits, and that all staff had a straight hand when doing this.

He said he never grabbed a girl‘s chest at the lake, like he was accused of doing.

When asked about what the girls accused him of, he said “I’ve never done anything like that. I’ve been coaching girls here for 20 years.“

He said girls did not sit on his lap, but at the end of his knee.

His defense attorney named each girl who testified, accusing Parker of inappropriately touching them, and Parker said he "not ever" touched them in the way he was accused of. He said no one ever asked him not to tickle them. He said he never told anyone to keep secrets and never did anything that needed to be a secret.

Parker said the only time he heard about anyone being uncomfortable stemmed from an incident with child 1. Child 1's father, David Willis, testified on day one of the trial that he saw Parker straddling his daughter while tickling her.

When asked if the children were all lying, Parker responded, “Yes sir.”