Former PA Black Pastor Michael Wilkerson Sr. Gets Prison Sentence for $111K Bad Check for Mercedes Benz Car, Facing Federal Fraud & Attempted Murder Charges

Former PA black pastor Michael Wilkerson Sr. gets prison sentence for writing $111,000 bad check for Mercedes Benz car, still faces federal fraud and attempted murder charges.

Another pastor bites the dust.... Michael Wilkerson Sr., who is black and is the former pastor of the Freedom Christian Deliverance Center in Pottstown, Pa., was sentenced to 11/2 to seven years Friday for writing an $111,000 bad check to purchase a Mercedes Benz. Yeah, gotta have that Benz no matter what. Shameful. He is still facing federal bank fraud and attempted murder charges in Philadelphia.

Assistant District Attorney Jeremy Abidiwan-Lupo, referring to a presentence investigation of Wilkerson, told a judge that Wilkerson still faces a charge of attempted murder stemming from an alleged domestic-related incident during which he had a violent confrontation with a female friend's boyfriend in Philadelphia. Additional information about the pending Philadelphia charges was not available.

Last month, Wilkerson, 45, formerly of East Coventry, was indicted in federal court on charges of bank fraud in connection with an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain $6 million in home loans for properties in Schwenksville and Glenmoore between 2006 and 2008.

Joyce Wilkerson, his wife, age unavailable, Lee Garell, a real estate broker with Long & Foster, and Denise Haines, 45, of Birdsboro, Berks County, a mortgage broker with American Group Mortgage Corporation, each face identical charges for their alleged roles in the scheme, according to the 10-page federal indictment.

Wilkerson, the founder and former pastor of the Freedom Christian Deliverance Center on Walnut Street in Pottstown and a former television evangelist on PCTV, operated a real estate development business known as Agape Development Co., of which his wife was part owner, according to the indictment. Source

This man was a criminal from the moment he set foot in a church pulpit. They are no different from a thug roaming the streets. Wilkerson lied, cheated and stole. It's time people realized that some of the biggest crooks around are conducting their criminal activities from a pulpit. It should be noted that Michael Wilkerson Sr. is a recidivist criminal, who previously served prison time for a fraudulent financial scheme during the construction of his planned $1.7 million luxury home in Berks County. America is a risk from criminals masquerading as pastors.