Posted on 02/09/2026 4:42:41 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
Patricia Martin, a lawyer turned judge who spent 24 years on the bench, rising to become the top judge in Cook County's Juvenile Court, seemed to have the credentials to be trusted handling the finances of Oscar Lawton Wilkerson as he reached his mid-90s.
She had been related to the former Tuskegee Airman and agreed to help. Instead of helping Wilkerson, court records show Martin instead helped herself to his cash, moving money from his accounts and buying bitcoin.
Eric Puryear has known Wilkerson his entire life, as his grandfather was Wilkerson's best friend. They trusted Martin to manage the money, considering her an adopted family member.
"Every box for trustworthiness seemed to be checked there, and so she seemed to be the perfect person," said Puryear. "She seemed like the perfect person on paper. In hindsight, she was not."
The first sign of trouble came in August 2020, when the nursing home where Wilkerson was living called to say they had not been paid in months, and $41,000 was owed immediately. Puryear started looking into what happened with Wilkerson's finances.
"Account balances weren't right, checks were being dishonored," said Puryear. "Serious financial problem."
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> If you’re gonna steal from an old guy, at least keep his bills paid. <
I guess she was hoping the old guy would die before the fraud was exposed. Then the heirs wouldn’t notice what happened.
Anyway, she’s a judge. So of course she only got probation for stealing at least $245,000.
Certainly DEI. Its the culture of greviance and entitlement.
Yep, DEI and Cook County, the perfect recipe for fraud!
At least we know the propensity to steal isn’t a matter of getting back at Whitey.
..as always, BooBoo.
I would prefer title be: “Untrustworthy DEI Judge rips off…….”
SHE STOLE 380,000 from this Tuskegee Airman!!!!! >>>>
Court documents show 11 withdrawals over 18 months, with Martin shutting down accounts and pocketing more than $245,000, moving most of her new wealth into hard-to-track bitcoin. She was arrested and faced various charges, including money laundering and financial exploitation of an elderly person. She pleaded guilty to one felony theft count and was sentenced to four years of probation.
“Probation and a felony conviction for that sort of theft from that sort of a victim just is not quite enough,” said Puryear. “It’s hard to think of something more evil for her to have done, but she did.”
Puryear, an attorney, filed a lawsuit on Wilkerson’s behalf to get his money back, accusing Martin of stealing more than $380,000. During that case, Martin repeatedly failed to show up for court hearings. The judge ordered her to halt all transactions, but court documents show she ignored that, too, and moved more money. In the end, the judge ordered Martin to pay up nearly $1.2 million in damages – triple the amount she stole.
Crook County, Illinois got that moniker for a reason.
A black racist just stealing from blacks.
Middlebury College must be so proud...
Dishonesty was her greatest asset. Highly trusted to keep secrets. Practiced in the art of deception.
She be one-a them, Boo Boo! Who’d-a thunk it??!?
Looks like she got probation...
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/05/former-judge-sentenced-probation/
And keeps her pension.
Trust the judicial branch...
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