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Kansas City, KAN —
Blue Springs businessman Warren Parker’s federal court sentencing has again been delayed.
His new court date for sentencing is Oct. 9.
Parker, who pleaded guilty in April to defrauding the federal government to obtain more than $6.7 million in federal contracts, had already had one sentencing delay. A July sentencing date was put off until Aug. 13.
Jim Cross, spokesman for the U.S. attorney in Kansas, said Parker’s attorney has requested more time to prepare objections to information in the presentencing investigation report.
Parker, 70, admitted in U.S. District Court in Kansas that he created a fictitious military record for himself in which he claimed several medals and awards for service in Vietnam, including Silver Star and Purple Heart awards. He actually spent five years in the Missouri National Guard, but never left the state on active duty. He was honorably discharged in 1968 with a rank of specialist E-5.
He used his fake record to apply for and win millions of dollars of government grants – intended to go to veterans with service-related disabilities – for his company, Silver Star Construction LLC.
Parker was known to many as one of the main promoters of The Wall That Heals, a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which visited Blue Springs in 2010.
Parker’s co-defendants are still awaiting trial. They are his wife, Mary, his son, Michael, and business partner, Thomas Whitehead. All face charges of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and other charges.
Blue Springs businessman Warren Parker’s federal court sentencing has again been delayed.
His new court date for sentencing is Oct. 9.
Parker, who pleaded guilty in April to defrauding the federal government to obtain more than $6.7 million in federal contracts, had already had one sentencing delay. A July sentencing date was put off until Aug. 13.
Jim Cross, spokesman for the U.S. attorney in Kansas, said Parker’s attorney has requested more time to prepare objections to information in the presentencing investigation report.
Parker, 70, admitted in U.S. District Court in Kansas that he created a fictitious military record for himself in which he claimed several medals and awards for service in Vietnam, including Silver Star and Purple Heart awards. He actually spent five years in the Missouri National Guard, but never left the state on active duty. He was honorably discharged in 1968 with a rank of specialist E-5.
He used his fake record to apply for and win millions of dollars of government grants – intended to go to veterans with service-related disabilities – for his company, Silver Star Construction LLC.
Parker was known to many as one of the main promoters of The Wall That Heals, a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which visited Blue Springs in 2010.
Parker’s co-defendants are still awaiting trial. They are his wife, Mary, his son, Michael, and business partner, Thomas Whitehead. All face charges of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and other charges.
