Wilson, Kerr Now Serving Prison Sentences

Susan Wilson and J. Patrick Kerr, Jr., have both reported to prison and are serving their sentences.

Following their guilty pleas in May to embezzling over $230,000 from the Julian Carroll Convention Center and Paducah Expo Center, Kerr has reported to a prison in Memphis, TN, where he will serve a 2-year sentence, and Wilson is serving 18 months at a prison in Marianna FL. They could receive sentence reductions of 2-3 months for good behavior, according to Kerr's attorney, Mark Bryant, who spoke to the Paducah Sun.

Judge Thomas B. Russell sentenced the pair June 7 in U.S. District Court in Paducah. Kerr got the longer sentence because he devised the scheme, which involved paying Wilson as a vendor for work she didn't do. They then split the money between them.