A Tulsa County jury has recommended that an Oklahoma couple serve an 18-year prison sentence for stealing more than half-million dollars from a faith-based nonprofit addiction recovery program.
Jordan Blake Parker, 40, and Vanessa Parker, 30, of Pryor, were each convicted Sept. 25 of two counts of embezzlement and one count of pattern criminal offenses. The jury assessed the maximum punishment for each count, totaling 18 years imprisonment and $45,000 in fines.
Online records show the Parkers will return to court on Nov. 10 for formal sentencing.
The couple was convicted of stealing $600,000 from Reckless Saints of Nowhere, a recovery program they operated from 2017 to 2023. According to arrest affidavits, multiple board members for the organization said they were unaware of the purchases and likely would not have approved them.
The Parkers used the embezzled money to make large purchases from Amazon, Apple, Bluegreen Vacations, and Walmart.
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“We are just glad this nightmare is over,” said Reckless Saints of Nowhere CEO Scott Miller.
He said the Parkers were removed and new board members set in place in 2023.
“We are looking forward to helping people,” Miller said. “We have already graduated 20 (people) from the program.”
An addict for more than 15 years, Jordan Parker states on the agency’s now-defunct website that after he got sober, he and Vanessa founded The Reckless Saints of Nowhere, Inc., in 2016. He said they have placed more than 6,000 addicts from 22 states in treatment at no cost to them or their families.
He also claimed in an article on “Voices for Non-Opioid Choices” that “individuals placed in treatment centers by Reckless Saints of Nowhere have a success rate of over 85%.” Parker attributed part of the success to a recovery model he developed.
With money from the nonprofit, the Parkers purchased two vehicles and paid off personal financial loans, as reported by The Roys Report (TRR) when they were initially charged in 2024.
According to a statement released by Attorney General Genter Drummond, the couple depleted the funds in months, and the Reckless Saints of Nowhere had little to no tangible assets to show for it.
“Embezzling funds that were meant to support addicts recovering from substance abuse is indefensible,” Drummond said.
Some of the other merchandise purchased with charity funds included:
- A Harley Davidson motorcycle
- An unused Woodstock three-day ticket
- A Notre Dame Fighting Irish used bench slab
- A Ric Flair signed wrestling boot
- An “Abraham Lincoln handwritten note”
- Various autographed jerseys
- Evel Knievel and Star Wars toys
- Women’s and children’s clothing
- Pampers diapers
- Prada men’s sunglasses
- A Rocky bathrobe
Sheila Stogsdill is a freelance print journalist and digital reporter, primarily covering crime issues for KSN/KODE.
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