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Bernard Bailey "Bernie" Kerik (born September 4, 1955, Newark, New Jersey) is a former American law enforcement officer. Kerik was New York City Police Commissioner from 2000 to 2001, under Mayor Rudy Giuliani. In December 2004, President George W. Bush nominated Kerik as Secretary of Homeland Security. A week later, Kerik withdrew his nomination, explaining that he had employed an illegal immigrant as a nanny; subsequently, numerous allegations surfaced which would likely have led to a confirmation battle in the Senate. In 2006, Kerik pled guilty to two unrelated ethics violations after an investigation by the Office of the Bronx District Attorney, and was ordered to pay $221,000.

A grand jury of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a 16-count indictment against Kerik on November 8, 2007, alleging conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and lying to the Internal Revenue Service. Kerik surrendered to authorities the next day, was arraigned before Magistrate Judge George Yanthis in White Plains, New York, and pled not guilty to all charges.On October 20, 2009, his bail was revoked and he was jailed pending trial.

Early life and education

The son of Donald Raymond Kerik, Sr. and Patricia Joann Bailey, Kerik was born in Newark, New Jersey, into a Catholic family, and raised in Paterson, New Jersey.

Kerik attended Eastside High School, but dropped out to enlist in the United States Army in July 1974. (He later received a GED). Kerik served in the Military Police Corps. He was stationed in Korea as an military police sentry dog handler and to the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, assuming military police duties and teaching hand-to-hand combat to Special Operations and Special Forces personnel at the John F. Kennedy Unconventional Warfare Center. Profile: Bernard Kerik

Kerik was honorably discharged from the Army in 1977 and worked briefly for the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office (NC) before joining the Morrison Knudson Saudi Arabia Consortium (MKSAC) in April 1978. He was employed by as a Security Officer on the King Khalid Military City in Hafar Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia, for nearly two and a half years.

Kerik worked from 1982 to 1984 as chief of investigations for the security office at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, one of the kingdom's premier hospitals, where members of the royal family are treated. Six members of the hospital security staff, including Kerik, were fired and deported after an investigation in 1984 by the Saudi secret police. [1]

From January to July 1986, Kerik served as warden of the Passaic County Jail, the largest county adult correctional facility in New Jersey, There, he also served as the Department's Training Officer and Commander of the Special Weapons and Operations units.

In July 1986, Kerik joined the New York City Police Department (NYPD). He served on both uniformed and undercover duty and was assigned to the U.S. Department of Justice New York Drug Enforcement Task Force. In 1987, Kerik declared bankruptcy, citing his credit card bills and loan payments.

After leaving the New York City Police Department, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration from Empire State College of the State University of New York in 2002. He also attended Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

He is also a 5th degree black belt master instructor in the martial arts, who holds black belts in both Japanese Karate and Korean Tae Kwon Do.

In 2001, Kerik published a memoir, The Lost Son: A Life in Pursuit of Justice, a New York Times best seller. In this book, he revealed that his parents divorced when he was three years old, and that his mother, an alcoholic and a prostitute, was murdered when he was nine - possibly by her pimp.

In 2009 Kerik was seen in the season finale of the Bravo reality show Real Housewives of New Jersey.

Marriages and children

Kerik's first child was a daughter born out of wedlock, when he was 19 and serving in South Korea as a military policeman. The daughter, Yi Sa (Lisa) Marie Jordan, was born in October 1975. Her mother is a woman identified as Yi Yun Cha. In February 1976, Kerik completed his tour of duty in South Korea and was transferred back to the United States, leaving both women behind. In his autobiography, Kerik called the episode "a mistake I will always regret, and I pray to God that one day I can make it right." In December, 2001, Kerik and his daughter Lisa re-united after 26 years of separation. From his daughter, he has two grandchildren.

Kerik has been married three times. His first marriage was to Linda Hales on August 10, 1978, when he was nearly 24 and she was 27. They separated in 1982 and were officially divorced June 6, 1983.Linda — now remarried and known as Linda H Priest — is the Clerk of Superior Court in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Kerik's second marriage was to Jacqueline Llerena of New Jersey. It lasted from September 3, 1983, to July 1992. Together they had one son, Joseph Michael (born June 11, 1985) who is a Police Officer with the Newark Police Department in New Jersey.

Kerik's third marriage was to Syria-born Hala Matli (born February 3, 1972). He met her in 1996, when she was the office manager in his dentist's office. They married on November 1, 1998, and they have two daughters: Celine Christina (born March 3, 2000) and Angelina Amber (born October 30, 2002). Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former Mayor of New York City, is their godfather.

He had a year long affair with Judith Regan, the publisher of his autobiography.

Kerik was referred to as "a toxic combination of self-minded focus and arrogance," by Judge Stephen Robinson on October 20, 2009.