It seems like preferential treatment. Retired judge gets probation for stealing nearly $250,000 from elderly Tuskegee Airman - CWB Chicago
A former Cook County judge who stole large sums of money from an elderly friend who served as a Tuskegee Airman received a probationary sentence on Friday.
Patricia Martin, 66, received four years of probation after pleading guilty to theft of $100,000 to $500,000, according to court records. The judge also ordered her to pay $122,763.73 in restitution and comply with standard probation conditions that include random drug testing.
So if she stole "nearly" 250,000 dollars, why did she only have to return about half? It also seems like that is a large enough amount of money to steal from a war hero that some jail time would have been appropriate.
But then the legal system takes care of its own.
Because Martin previously served as a Cook County judge, her case was assigned to McHenry County Judge Tiffany Davis. Wilkerson died in 2023, one day before his 97th birthday. Martin was disbarred the same year.
Chicago and Cook County courts: Putting the Criminal in "Criminal Justcice System" for decades now.
If you aren't familiar with the Tuskegee Airmen, I can recommend a TV Movie by that name. The trailer is at this link. An interesting story from WWII. There was also a Hollywood movie on the same subject, but I never saw it.
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