Al Sharpton’s Half-Brother Sentenced for Skimming Millions From His Own Non-Profits
Reverend Kenneth Glasgow received 30 months for social security, mail fraud and drug conspiracy
Last Thursday, a judge sentenced Alabama pastor and activist Kenneth Sharpton-Glasgow to 30 months in federal prison.
On July 6, a Montgomery court sentenced Glasgow, pastor and half-brother of Reverend Al Sharpton, for drug trafficking, income tax evasion, and lying to obtain Social Security disability benefits.
Glasgow had pleaded guilty to those charges in February.
Before sentencing, he told News4, “I can’t feel good going to get sentences, but I’m feeling godly—All the good stuff I’ve done for the community should reflect today.”
Glasgow is nationally known for his advocacy for felon voting rights. In the early 2000s, he founded The Ordinary People’s Society (TOPS) and later the Prodigal Children’s Project (PCP) to support those affected by drug addiction, mass incarceration, homelessness, poverty, and unemployment.
Glasgow allegedly withdrew $1,300,848.54 in cash from TOPS and PCP between 2016 and 2019, never accounting for that money on the non-profits’ IRS forms or his tax returns.
Court documents also say Glasgow provided false information to the Social Security Administration to obtain disability payments and related health benefits under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Glasgow has had legal issues before.
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In 2018, police charged Glasgow with capital murder for aiding his friend in the murder of a Dothan woman who stole his friend’s car. However, a Houston County Grand Jury found insufficient evidence to indict him and dropped the charges.
In 2021, Glasgow pleaded not guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine with codefendant Willie Frank Peterson. According to documents, Peterson pleaded guilty to his role in the drug conspiracy on March 14 and stated in his plea that Glasgow agreed to purchase cocaine from him in 2018 and 2019.
Before becoming an advocate for felon’s rights, Glasgow spent 14 years in a Florida prison on drug and robbery charges. He claims his time in prison inspired him to establish TOPS.
“As far as we’re concerned, it was a fair sentence,” said defense attorney Jim Parkman following the hearing.
According to the DOJ, Huffaker also ordered Glasgow to serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence and pay the IRS $376,720 in restitution.
He will begin serving his sentence in August.
Main photo: Kenneth Sharpton-Glasgow walks out of the courthouse following his sentencing hearing / News4 video screengrab
