Is Cherelle Parker an ex-convict?

Philadelphia politician, Cherelle Parker was convicted and lost her appeal in 2015. She began serving her sentence of three days in jail, a $1,000 fine, and a one-year license suspension. She was still an active politician when this happened.

She was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and driving the wrong way on a one-way street.

Parker began her political career in 2005 when she ran in a special election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to fill the seat left open by LeAnn Washington after Washington was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate. Parker won the election.

She was in office for a decade and for five of those years, she served as chair of the Philadelphia delegation. She has achieved a few milestones for the city, including the ‘Philadelphia Tax Fairness Package’ – a special cigarette tax, and the 2012 Act 75, which amended state law to allow expert testimony in sexual assault cases.

Parker resigned from the city council to focus on her campaign to win the nomination for Mayor of Philadelphia in the 2023 elections.