Serrano is the spiritual leader and director of the nondenominational faith-based group, Hands of Hope, according to Advance archives. He was previously the pastor of Sowers First Missionary Church and was also involved with the New Dorp Baptist Church.
He reportedly has a past felony conviction and served federal time at a Connecticut prison, being released in 1988.
Serrano also apparently served a little under a year in jail, from June 1995 to May 1996, for attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance, according to the Department of Correctional Services database.
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