Roger W Upchurch

roger@rescuesuccess.org 317-694-1677

I was a successful custom home builder for over thirty-five years and a mortgage broker as Shelby Financial for ten of those years. I also did remodeling, commercial construction and flip many homes. When the economy crashed in 2009, I retired from the building and mortgage business. Should have had my own fixer up show or a show on building new homes. I started a networking company called Professional Alliance Board (PAB) helping business as their Board of Directors. Holding business owners accountable to the decisions. I was beginning to be successful with PAB, when a friend of mine introduced me to a new business, the synthetic marijuana business call K2. I check it out and it was LEGAL, so I went on board with him, and we started manufacturing it. I started making real money sometimes $100,000 a week. I had plants in Indianapolis, Phoenix and LA. K2 started getting a bad name because others were coping it and putting who knows what in it. So, I started calling my products under other names such as Passion Sense and many other names. With the money I was making I started a music business called Daddy Real Entertainment. I had a recording studio, record label, two-night clubs, a limo service and concert promotor. I was hobnobbing with celebrities and enjoying the good life. At my night clubs and concerts, I had Ed Sheeran, Temptations, The Voice and American Idol contestants. I worked with Ty Herndon, The Kentucky Headhunters, 38 Special, Johnny Rivers, Coach Bob knight, and I had Wynonna Judd come to my show. Plus, all the local artist on my label and you can still see them at Daddy Real Entertainment on You Tube. Then on February 12th 2014 the DEA came knocking on my door the same time as they were raiding my plant in LA and said that I had an ingredient in my products called XRL11, I told them that had never heard of that and never bought any of that. It did not matter as if they want you for something they will get it.

The Government took two and a half million dollars from me, and my wife and she was never even questioned. The IRS says I must pay taxes on the money they took. I was charged with manufacturing a controlled substance. I was not a very good criminal because I never buried any money. The media labeled me as a Breaking Bad character, and I was a international drug dealer and linked me to people that I do not know and never met. I was never interviewed my anyone from the media.

I had to wait three years to find out what my fate was and finally on September 14th 2017 I was sentenced to 4 years in a prison camp and I self-surrendered October 17th 2017 to Ashland Kentucky Federal Prison Camp.

While I was in this camp I started writing and I wrote two books and now they are published.

I spent two and a half years in that Federal Prison camp and was released May 7th, 2020, to home confinement until March 13th, 2021. Early release because of the First Step Act and Covid.

When I got home I got a divorce after 39 years of marriage. Now I am dating again.

Now I am an advocate for prison, sentencing, and justice reform. Helping men and women facing the justice system, before, during and after prison. I want to help children and families with incarcerated parents of loved ones. Also, Veterans and the homeless because they are in their own prisons.

You can read in more detail about my journey by buying my books “Guilty Til’ Proven Innocent” and Brilliant Minds in Captivity” You can buy them at Amazon or anywhere books are sold.

My charities are rescuesuccess.org and cars4heroes.org. Help us help them by going to the websites and donate. Also if you have a car to donate go to cars4 heroes.org and click on donate a car or email me at roger@rescuesuccess.org. If you or someone that is a veteran or first responder and needs a car then go to the website and apply to get a car.

Now that is enough about me and my story. I have a podcast success4ourheroes.com and each week we will have a guest on the show so watch for our podcast and soon on YouTube.

I will leave you with this

THINKING = Action = SUCCESS

SUCCESS FOR OUR HEROES

Bye Now

Roger W Upchurch roger@rescuesuccess.org