Tom Schuba
Assistant criminal justice editor
Tom Schuba is a reporter and editor focused on criminal justice issues, and he previously covered the legalization of marijuana across Illinois. He has earned a National Headliner Award for a series of stories investigating the state’s troubled cannabis testing regulations, among other prizes for his reporting. An Evanston native and longtime Chicago resident, Tom began his tenure with the Sun-Times as an overnight crime reporter after serving as an investigative intern and political blogger at NBC Chicago.
Dateisha House testified during the murder trial Wednesday that her child’s father, Ralph Turpin, sent the message shortly after FBG Duck was gunned down in the Gold Coast in August 2020.
A motion filed Tuesday claims Aleta “Mickey Truth” Williams was pulled out of court last week after she falsely claimed that another YouTuber had been paid to testify in the case.
The trial has grown into a spectacle that’s spilled out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse and onto YouTube accounts and rap blogs that draw millions of viewers worldwide.
“I find it offensive he’s actually running for judge,” said a lawyer for the mother of one of the men who was killed.
The officer was driving an Infiniti SUV in the 300 block of North State Street about 12:30 a.m. Thursday. She told officers she dropped her phone and took her eyes off the road to grab it, according to a police report.
They grab cellphones and demand pass codes to banking apps like Zelle and Venmo. A Chicago architect who lost more than $2,000 that way says: “Don’t have any banking apps on your phone.”
Martell Wiley’s claim came during his second day of testimony at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, where he sparred with defense attorneys who noted there was no evidence he had actually cooperated against Watts.
Martell Wiley, who runs the popular Trenches News YouTube channel, has always covered his face to discuss the often-violent intersection of Chicago’s gang and rap cultures — until his testimony Thursday in federal court.
The gangbanger-turned-informant told his handler last month that he believed O Block was responsible for his brother’s death. On the stand this week, he admitted that he lied.