Convicted US Military Wannabe Pimp Was Allowed to Become a Foster Parent

I never thought I would see the face of Gregory McQueen gracing the pages of the Stars & Stripes ever again after his conviction for trying to be a pimp at Ft. Hood, but I was wrong:

Gregory McQueen

On paper, Gregory McQueen must have seemed like a great candidate to become a foster-care parent in Texas.

A married man and Army veteran, McQueen had served as battalion representative on a task force to prevent sexual harassment at Fort Hood in central Texas.

But some important information didn’t show up in a state background check before a foster-care agency hired McQueen and his wife last March to care for abused and neglected children

Two years ago, former Army 1st Sgt. McQueen pleaded guilty to more than a dozen military charges for attempting to run a prostitution ring in Fort Hood. As part of the plea deal he was demoted to private, sentenced to 24 months in prison, was stripped of his retirement pay and received a dishonorable discharge.  [Stars & Stripes]

You can read more at the link, but I would hope the Defense Department is aggressively pursuing the updating of national databases because clearly people like McQueen should not be a foster parent.  With that said what kind of background checks are being done when a simple Google search would have exposed McQueen’s background that was highly publicized?

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ChickenHead
ChickenHead
6 years ago

I’m not sure I see the problem here.

A lot of tax money is wasted on these foster care programs.

He sounds like a guy who could turn it into a profit center.

blueberry muffin mix
blueberry muffin mix
6 years ago

With his DD, he should have shown up as a felon. Since when do felons get to be foster parents?

MTB Rider
MTB Rider
6 years ago

One more, and we’re going to have a swarm of updates to the National Databases.

First, Devin Patrick Kelley gets booted from the Air Force with a Bad Conduct Discharge and loses his legal right to own a firearm. Didn’t stop him from shooting up a church, because paperwork was missing.
Now, Gregory McQueen gets a Dishonorable Discharge for running a prostitution ring, and becomes a foster parent. Paperwork is missing.

Things that make you go Hmm…

blueberry muffin mix
blueberry muffin mix
6 years ago

Was anyone paid to lose the paperwork or were they just lazy inefficient screwups? You hang the first and send the second to Leavenworth’s rockpile.

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