OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) – There’s a new food truck in town, and a famous face funding the enterprise. Glynn Simmons , 71, holds an international distinction as the man who has served the longest prison sentence in history for a crime he did not commit. GLYNN SIMMONS: ‘Justice was done today, finally’: Judge declares wrongfully incarcerated man innocent 48 years after conviction News 4 has featured Simmons dozens of times since we started covering his case in detail back in 2003.
Simmons was incarcerated 48 years, five months, 18 days for a murder he did not do . He is now starting life anew in Oklahoma City. Glynn Simmons Free Man’s Food Truck.
Image KFOR. Glynn Simmons Free Man’s Food Truck. Image KFOR.
“Today is beautiful; a day I’ve been waiting on a long long time,” Simmons said. Simmons is working with a friend from the inside. Andre Armstrong did 31 years in state prison and is now running the mobile kitchen.
“I’m trying to support him any way I can,” Armstrong said. “Because we always watch each others’ back.” Simmons’ new friends are also helping with the business plan.
Ebenezer Baptist Church’s Pastor Derrick Scobey, along with former congressman J.C. Watts, Representative Jason Lowe and Oklahoma County Sheriff’s candidate Wayland Cubit were all in attendance for the grand opening.
Free Man’s Food Truck Image KFOR. His neighbors on Northeast 20th and Martin Luther King Boulevard, the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, gave up a few.
