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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

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vs.
TOBY JONES,

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For the Plaintiff:

HON. ZACHARY T. FARDON

United States Attorney
BY: MR. SEAN J.B. FRANZBLAU
MR. BRIAN HAYES
219 S. Dearborn St., Suite 500
Chicago, Illinois 60604

For the Defendant:

MILLER, SHAKMAN & BEEM

BY: MR. M. DAVID WEISMAN
180 N. LaSalle St., Suite 3600
Chicago, Illinois 60601

Also Present:

MS. SHEILA LAVIN, Probation

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Chicago, Illinois
May 16, 2016
10:02 o'clock a.m.

APPEARANCES:

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Docket No. 14 CR 155-1

EXCERPT OF PROCEEDINGS - SENTENCING

BEFORE THE HONORABLE AMY J. ST. EVE

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Court Reporter:

MR. JOSEPH RICKHOFF

Official Court Reporter
219 S. Dearborn St., Suite 1232
Chicago, Illinois 60604
(312) 435-5562
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THE CLERK:
Jones.

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14 CR 155-1, United States vs. Toby

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THE COURT:

Mr. Jones, is there anything you would

like to say to the Court, sir, before I impose sentence?

THE DEFENDANT:

Yes, ma'am.

Being that -- being that -- first of all, good

morning, everyone.

Your Honor, Joe, Miss with the pretty

glasses in front of me -- sorry, I don't know your name --

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marshals, prosecutor, my attorney David Weisman, Special Agent

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Labno, and to all my family.

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Being that I'm about to receive a fairly extensive

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amount of time, my letter is exceptionally long.

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the Court to bear with me.

So, I ask

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THE COURT:

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THE DEFENDANT:

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First and foremost, Judge, let me add that based on

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my co-defendant and brother Kelsey Jones' current mental and

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physical state, I know that he won't be able to express

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himself at sentencing the way I am; and, I'm hoping this

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Honorable Court takes my letter and apologies upon this Court,

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as well as the character letters from my family members, in

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consideration for my brother, as well, upon his sentencing.

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I would like to apologize to my family members for

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Take your time, Mr. Jones.

All right.

taking them through this once again.

And I thank them for

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being here today in support of me and my brother Kelsey.

end this letter, I will extend my apology towards you all for

my disappointment in general.

As I

Before I apologize to my community, as well as this

Court, for my general conduct and wasting the taxpayers'

hard-earned money, I would just like to add that even though I

respectfully disagree with the Court's conclusion, I am very

grateful that this Honorable Court has been fair with me

throughout this entire process.

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Thank you, your Honor.

Growing up on the west side of Chicago, as a kid my

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mother and father struggled dearly.

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worked most of their lives, their jobs paid such low wages

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that there was still times that their checks couldn't cover

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basic rent and keep food on the table at the same time.

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result of that, we were evicted a number of times and had to

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go stay with family members until we got back on our feet.

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And even though they

It was very hard to watch my parents struggle.

As a

And

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as a result of providing for his family, I watched my father

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deal drugs.

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knew.

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drugs was wrong until I got older because the first person I

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ever seen selling drugs was my father and not the local gang

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members, who I joined years later.

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was my hero and he couldn't do no wrong.

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Even though he didn't do it flamboyantly, we all

At such a young age in my life, I didn't know selling

And in my eyes, my father

So, as I got older and continued to watch my family

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struggle, I began to sell drugs just to help out around the

house.

decision.

And this became my motivation to make such a bad

Since gangs ruled my community, we had to be

associated with them just to be able to sell drugs in this

rough neighborhood.

ever joining them.

parents out if we sold drugs motivated me and my brother

Kelsey Jones to join a gang.

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And we were picked on and bullied before

So, as a result that we could help our

Fear also played a very big role.

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did:

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parents out with just everyday struggles.

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Began to -- and that's what we did:

And that's what I

Began to help our

As kids, me and my brother Kelsey did miscellaneous

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jobs, such as carry groceries, rake yards and shovel snow.

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But this didn't help at all.

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sold drugs to put food on the table.

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that lifestyle.

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All we knew was that our father

So, we began to mimic

And as I continue to state what my father did to feed

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his family, for the record, can't nothing ever justify the

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selling of drugs and ruining lives.

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that I'm using it as an excuse.

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being hungry and getting evicted.

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So, please don't think

It's just I was tired of

So, please forgive me.

But in my neighborhood, you were more likely to get

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jacked or robbed coming from work in a McDonald's uniform.

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So, for that reason alone -- so, for that reason alone, the

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fear to go that -- so, for them, there was fear to go that

route.

played a very big role in my decision making.

And all I wanted to do was survive.

And that also

The government's sentencing memorandum, the

government states that I reported being frequently evicted but

haven't produced any evidence to prove it.

were never asked.

parents' life, which I never want to revisit.

they were not mentioned.

But such questions

And these were embarrassing moments in my

So, of course,

But just because they were not

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mentioned, that doesn't mean it's not true.

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Lula Covington, a retired Chicago teacher's character letter,

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she shares a time when my parents had to live with her during

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one of these struggling times.

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And my auntie,

In 1996, my older brother and co-defendant Kelsey

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Jones was the victim of a robbery gone bad and was shot nine

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times, including once in the head, which has left him

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permanently disabled.

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supported by Social Security for the last 20 years.

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As a result of this, he's been

Three years later, in 1999, my father was diagnosed

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with cancer and passed away that year leaving me with two

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disabled brothers; the other, Phillip Jones, being born with

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Down Syndrome that's in the care of my Auntie Pat and Aunt

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Lula, who I thank dearly.

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A struggling diabetic mother and a drug addict sister

whose son fell victim to a drive-by shooting at the age of 13

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as a stray bullet meant for a local gang member struck him as

he played on my mother's front porch.

nor my brother Kelsey was involved in.

around at this time.

gangs or drugs.

could afford to live.

stress was just too much for my sister and years later she,

herself, passed away from a drug overdose.

And this was nothing me

Neither of us were

Nor was my nephew ever involved with any

It's just that these were the only places we

As a result of my nephew's passing, the

At the age of 14, my first child was born into this

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world.

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of 7 -- at the age of 17, I had two children that I was

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determined to take care of.

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in this way, I made bad decisions just to give my children a

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better life than I had.

I never wanted them to ever witness

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being hungry or evicted.

So, once again, I apologize to my

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community and this Honorable Court for my bad decisions to

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sell drugs.

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Three years later, my first son was born.

At the age

And watching my parents struggle

Growing up on the west side of Chicago as teenagers,

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we also had to deal with corrupt police officers who

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constantly harassed, threatened and extorted us.

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government's sentencing memorandum, Page 9, they refer to a

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1994 firearms conviction, which I would like to add -- not

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that it matters because even one is too much, but this is the

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only firearms conviction I ever had in my life.

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In the

And, for the record, this particular arrest was

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executed by then-corrupt CPD officer Edward "Pacman" Jackson,

Badge No. 9750, who is currently serving time in federal

prison for criminal charges of extortion dating back to my '94

arrest and further, as well as his partner, CPD corrupt

officer T.C. McCoy, II, Badge No. 17301, who was Jackson's

co-defendant -- who was Officer Jackson's co-defendant -- and

also his partner during my 1994 arrest.

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The proof of my interactions with these crooked CPD

officers lies in my possession as I stand here today.

City of

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Chicago Police Department criminal history report of Toby

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Jones, Page 8, see both arresting officers' names and badge

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numbers as they execute this 1994 arrest of me, in which I

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continue to maintain my innocence being that these officers

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constantly targeted, extorted and harassed the gang in which I

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was involved with at that time.

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So, on top of the gangs, we also had to abide by the

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rules of these corrupt officers, as well.

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scary times, and me and my brothers just wanted to survive.

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lot of times when we disobeyed these cops, they gave us cases

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and sent us to prison, which leads me to my next topic:

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These were very

Are all officers and agents bad people?

And my

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answer is no.

Just because I've had run-ins with a few bad

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seeds doesn't mean they're all bad.

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police shootings on minorities in Chicago, I don't blame these

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cops one bit for most of their decisions in the field.

Even with all the latest

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the black community has to first come to grips with why these

cops are so afraid.

zone out there.

I know why.

Because it's really a war

Chiraq is what these youngsters call it now.

And just as these officers have actually served time

on the battlefield in Iraq, their main focus is to make it

home.

streets of Chiraq, is make it home.

home to their wife, their kids, their mothers.

And that's all these officers want to do in the mean

They just want to make it

So, once the black community realizes this and come

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to grips that it's not these cops, it's us, then -- and only

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then -- will their eyes finally open to this important matter.

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But instead, the only worry I see from the black community

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when a cop kills a black kid is how much money they're going

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to sue the city for, instead of mourning their child and

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figuring out how they're going to keep their remaining

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children from suffering the same fate.

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thinking is one of the main problems in the black community.

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One prime example of these officers just wanting to

And this type of

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make it home, in my attempt to gather dirt on Special Agent

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Labno, I came across one of his old cases, United States vs.

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Jefferson, which Special Agent Labno worked as a undercover

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agent and had a gun put to his face as these suspects robbed

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him for his cash.

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jumping out of his vehicle, drawing his weapon and firing at

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these suspects as they ran away with his cash.

So, I can't blame Special Agent Labno for

Special Agent

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Labno just wanted to make it back home to his family.

So, if these -- so, if those individuals never

apologized to you, Special Agent Labno, I apologize for them.

Sorry for putting you in a position that your life could have

been taken or you could have taken someone else's.

These are the stories of these heroic officers that

go untold.

in a uproar.

But as soon as a black kid gets shot, everyone is

Even though I disagree with most of Special Agent

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Labno's unconstitutional tactics, such as his reports and

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theories of the truth, and even though he failed to

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investigate others that had knowledge, intent, motive, and

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opportunity to commit these crimes me and my brother are

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accused of, overall I think Special Agent Labno is one of the

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hardest-working agents I've ever encountered.

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like RoboCop.

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Sometimes he's wrong.

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And from my impression of him, that's what he do.

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Thank you, Special Agent Labno.

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I know and understand that this Court can't believe

He never stops.

This dude is

Sometimes he's right.

But this agent's job is to save lives.

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that this is coming from me based on what I've been convicted

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of.

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respectfully disagree with the Court's conclusion, I am, once

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again, very grateful this Honorable Court has been fair

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throughout this entire process.

But as I previously stated, that even though I

And I'll continue to pray

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that my truth be brought to light some day.

knows that I'm not this monster wreaking havoc on this city

that the government has made me out to be.

I know, my family

Weeks before trial, the government informed my

attorney that they were willing to drop my attempted murder

charge if I agreed to plead out to the firearms that my

co-defendant purchased.

hearts that I didn't shoot this person.

attorney informed me that if I'm found guilty on all charges,

Because the government knew in their

When I said no, my

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the less I could get is 40 years.

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answer to my attorney -- was I don't care.

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told me that he don't ever want to hear me say that ever again

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because I do care.

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And my answer -- and my

And he was right.

My attorney then

I do care.

So, to my attorney, Mr. Weisman, I apologize for that

outburst.
I know I'm a bad person for the part that I've played

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helping to destroy my community with selling drugs.

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again, please forgive me for the bad decisions I've made.

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Chiraq.

And, once

As a result of the violence in Chicago right

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now, I know that I'm about to receive a substantial amount of

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time for the role I've played as a drug dealer plaguing these

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communities for so many years.

But the name "Chiraq" was

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adopted not long ago.

These Chicago teenagers and

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individuals in their early 20s.

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these kids to compare this great city to an actual war zone

By who?

It's such a stupid thing for

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where soldiers have lost their lives fighting for this great

country.

Iraq is totally absurd.

think these Ecstasy -- these Ecstasy-induced kids even

understand the nature of what they're saying.

father being an ex-Army veteran, I'm very disappointed with

the adoption of this nickname upon this great city.

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For these kids to continue to compare this city to

And I can honestly say that I don't

And with my

They really don't understand the comparison.

But on

the flip side, I don't think no one is trying to teach them

the importance of it neither.
With that said, us as oldest individuals have

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absolutely no control over these kids anymore.

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what everyone thinks and their theory that we do, I'm here to

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say that those days of the old Chicago where the gang leaders

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-- not saying that I'm gang leader, but those days when gang

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leaders actually did have control over these youngsters are

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long gone -- are long gone.

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Chiraq, where these kids listen no one but themselves.

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And despite

Now this is the new Chicago a/k/a

The government's sentencing memorandum, Page 1, the

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government states that I recruited Wesley Fields, an 18-

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year-old kid.

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drugs way before he ever met me.

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comment on this 18-year-old kid that I allegedly possessed so

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much power and control over.

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An 18-year-old kid that admitted he was dealing

Well, I would like to

During trial, the government pointed at me and called

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me a gun enthusiast, in which I totally disagree.

As I stated

earlier, how am I a gun enthusiast when the only conviction --

when the only gun conviction -- I have was over 20 years ago,

with that arrest being executed by a corrupt police officer?

And 20 years ago seems to be dated too far in time to show a

significant pattern of conduct involving firearms.

So, to call me a gun enthusiast, something I was

never predisposed to, without ever being convicted of any

violence seemed to be farfetched.

I mean, don't get me wrong,

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even one firearm conviction is one too many.

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criminal history is far from a gun enthusiast.

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But my life and

How am I the gun enthusiast when it's my

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co-defendant, this very same 18-year-old kid, Wesley Fields,

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that I allegedly had so much power and control over, that

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admitted right here in this court that he's been posted on

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every social media network you can find in photos and videos

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with firearms and bulletproof vests?

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where am I in these photos and videos?

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He admitted this.

But

Nowhere to be found.

And it's so ironic that one of these photos, this

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same 18-year-old kid, Wesley Fields, is posing with a replica

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of the exact same silver and black Ruger P95 9 X 19, that he

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says my brother Kelsey Jones allegedly showed him, which also

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seems to be the alleged weapon the informant was shot with.

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And this is no theory or speculation because, as I

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stand here before you today, I am in possession of these

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photos.

knows?

allegedly had so much -- so much control over is a liar.

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Why my brother's attorney didn't bring this up, who

All I know is this:

This 18-year-old kid that I

When this 18-year-old kid was granted bond, where was

I?

Incarcerated.
When this 18-year-old kid looked this Court in the

face and promised that he was going to abide by the

stipulations of his bond, got out and broke every last one of

those stipulations, where was I?

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Incarcerated.

When this 18-year-old -- when this 18-year-old kid

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was remanded back to custody, where was I?

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incarcerated.

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In cust- --

With that said, who is to blame for pulling this

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18-year-old kid's strings when I was incarcerated?

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who.

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couldn't wait to get back to Chiraq and continue to raise

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havoc on this city.

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This 18-year-old kid.

That's who.

I know

A individual who

And that's what he did.

This 18-year-old kid -- this 18-year-old liar, Wesley

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Fields, couldn't stay out of trouble with an electric monitor

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strapped to his ankle.

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raise when he's released.

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incarcerated.

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So, I can imagine the havoc he'll

And where will I be?

Still

This kid couldn't wait to get out then, and he can't

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wait to get out now.

And the only person in control of this

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18-year-old kid, Wesley Fields, is himself.

And his previous

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actions have proven that.

themselves.

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And his actions speak for

(Defendant confers with his attorney off the record.)

THE DEFENDANT:

So, for the government to continue to

say that I had so much power and control over this 18-year-old

kid, I'm sorry, but I totally disagree.

Upon my release from federal prison in 2009, my

probation officer ordered me to get a job.

Not complying

would have resulted in a violation, so I did.

I began to work

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for a local livery service, as I reported all my documents and

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credentials to my probation officers who documented these

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records into the probation officer's system, as my probation

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officer accepted this and confirmed that this would do until I

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found something better.

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Three-and-a-half years later I was ordered to change

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jobs by my P.O., Bobbie Pruitt, and had to start working at a

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local barbershop -- and had to start working at a local

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barbershop.

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Upon my release -- wait.

I had to start working at

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the local barbershop because a client called for a cab and got

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into my vehicle with a rolled-up marijuana stick, which I paid

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no attention to because this client was in the backseat.

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cops pulled me over and mistakenly arrested me as being

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involved with this client.

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when the officer testified on my behalf when I later proved my

The

The charges were later dropped

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employment.

Upon my release in 2009 from federal prison, I never

had not one dirty drop in my entire five-year period, as I was

discharged prior to catching this current case.

this was -- never any reports -- there was never any reports

of me ever getting in trouble until two-and-a-half years after

my release, when the cop mistakenly identified me as another

black male that they were looking for as I exited a local

store in my community, which in this case, the charges were

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This was --

also -- were also -- dropped as I proved my innocence.

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(Defendant confers with his attorney off the record.)

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THE DEFENDANT:

As I turn to why I got back involved

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with drugs after my 2009 release from federal prison, while

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serving time at FCI Loretto, Pennsylvania, I received my GED,

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as well as became a certified solderer, as I became a lead and

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a supervisor in the prison's Unicor factory, in which we build

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electrical cables for the entire United States military.

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As I previously stated, my father passed in 2009.

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year later, in 2000, my nephew was gunned down at the age of

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sister, passed away.

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While I was in federal prison, 2007, his mother, my

The very next year, in 2008, while I was still in

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prison, my mother passed away.

Three days before the passing

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of my mother, the chaplain of the prison, Sister Mary, allowed

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me to call her hospital -- her hospital room.

My mother

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informed me that she was not going to make it and told me to

stay strong.

your brothers.

what, that I'm proud and I'm proud of you, mom, and I promise

-- and I promised her I was always gonna take care of my

brothers.

my brothers.

Three days later she was gone.

The last thing she said was, son, take care of

I told her -- I told her -- that no matter

And I promised her I was always gonna take care of

This was the last time I spoke to my mother.

Upon my release from federal prison 2009, all I had

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left was two disabled brothers, that I promised my mother I'd

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look after; a 15-year-old daughter who had just given birth to

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a baby girl the very year of my release that had absolutely no

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help or support from her mother, making me a grandfather at

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the young age of 31.

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we're going to be all right.

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The first thing I told my daughter was

The government speculates that I immediately got back

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involved with drugs upon my release, which I totally -- which

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I totally disagree.

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low-paying jobs -- such low wage-paying jobs, which were the

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only ones that would hire me, things got very bad for me and

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my family.

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forcing her mother to kick her and her daughter out.

After nearly four years of working such

Once again, my daughter fell out with her mother,

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Along with all the problems I currently had, such as

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bills con- -- bills and rent constantly rolling around, I was

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then -- it was then, and only then, that I decided to make the

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bad decision that's currently landing me here, which I

apologize for dearly.

help at that time and I just had so much on my plate with no

help at all that the paths of my parents' struggling times

began to haunt me once again.

want my kids and grandkids to go through what me and my

parents went through.

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I just had so much on my plate with no

And just -- and I just didn't

I tried for nearly four years the right way.

just couldn't -- but I just couldn't land a better job.

But it
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just couldn't get over that hump.

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theories, these are the reasons why I'm -- why I made the bad

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decision that's landing me back here, that I totally regret

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and apologize for.

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And despite the government

And despite the lengthy sentence I'm about to

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receive, I will continue to make myself a better person for

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the sake of my family and hopefully put myself in a position

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to enjoy the few years of freedom that I'll have left upon my

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release.

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know the government is considering.

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That's if I don't receive a life sentence, which I

As I have previously stated, there's nothing that can

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ever justify selling drugs.

So, please don't get offended

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from what I'm about to say.

When I was arrested, all I had

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was $20 in my pocket to my name.

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me, there was never any spectacular memorabilia ever

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confiscated from me, such as fancy cars, expensive jewelry,

Upon arresting and charging

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houses, property, and so forth.

an attorney to defend me.

survive, once again, in the mean streets of Chicago.

I couldn't even afford to pay

What I did, your Honor, I did it to

From my experience with the criminal justice system,

as for the Illinois state prisons, I truthfully don't have

anything good to say as far as their rehabilitation and

preparing inmates for release back to society.

honestly say that the Federal Bureau of Prisons does a very

good job in the way they rehabilitate inmates during

But I can

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pre-release and preparing them for society.

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take advantage of the great programs and trades, just as I did

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before, in hopes of making myself a better person.

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And I plan to

As I prepare for closing, the government continues to

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allege and speculate through impeached witnesses' testimony

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that I -- that this Austin apartment was used as a stash

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house.

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settled, but I had something wrote and I would like to speak

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about it.

And I know that -- that -- that this was -- was just

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The government -- the government -- mainly continues

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to refer to my co-defendant and brother Kelsey Jones' alleged

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post-arrest -- alleged post-arrest statement as verification

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of these speculations to be true.

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to withdraw his motion that would have challenged this alleged

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statement continues to have me and my brother Kelsey confused.

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Why Kelsey's attorney chose

I know that it's not my place, but I would just like

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to add if Kelsey allegedly admitted all this on April the 5th,

2014, the day of his arrest, why wasn't Kelsey indicted just

two weeks later on April the 22nd, 2014, alongside me, Wesley

Fields and my other co-defendant Parashun Roscoe?

Kelsey wasn't indicted until three months after his

arrest, which makes it very difficult for me to believe

Special Agent Labno's report -- that wasn't submitted until

four months after Kelsey's arrest -- that Kelsey allegedly

admitted such things.

But, once again, I respectfully thank

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this Honorable Court for being fair with me and my brother

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Kelsey throughout this entire process.

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In closing, I would like to thank my family and

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friends -- family and friends -- for all their support.

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fiance Sheree, thank you for always being there for me in the

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good and the bad.

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My

I'm forever grateful.

My Aunt Lula and Auntie Pat, for continuing to care

for my brother Bill, thank you.

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I'm forever in your debt.

To my brother Bill, sorry I let you down, little bro.

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But I promise I'll never stop fighting to make it back to you

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as soon as I possibly can.

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To my son, Sheree, tell my son I said please go to

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Atlanta -- please go to Atlanta with you.

Chicago is a very

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bad place.

You have a son

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yourself now.

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him down.

There's nothing here for him.

Look at your dad.

I let you down.

Don't let

I will probably spend the rest of my life in

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prison.

Son, get out.

this, Sheree.

Go with your mother.

Tell him I said

Please -- wait, wait, wait.

To my daughter and granddaughter, sorry I let you

down.

fighting to make it back to you guys.

please tell my nephew Tion I send love.

stay strong, stay alive and just survive.

But just know one thing.

Your dad would never stop

I love you dearly.

And

And tell him I said

To all the members of my family that's passed away,

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my father Sam Jones, my sister Regina Jones, my nephew Martin

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Jones, and last, but not least, the greatest mother in the

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world, Dorothy Jones, sorry, mom, for letting you down and not

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being able to keep my promise.

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wasn't hard enough and it definitely wasn't the right way.

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And I apologize to you, mom, to this Honorable Court and my

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community, once again, for the bad decisions and choices I

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have made to place me here.

I tried, mom.

But it just

Please forgive me.

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To my attorney, Dave Weisman, Mr. Weisman, it's truly

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been an honor and a privilege to have been represented by such

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a great attorney and person in general.

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the very end, and I'm very grateful of the way you helped me

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fight for my life.

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I'm here to tell you, Mr. Weisman, that we didn't lose.

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because of you that I am in such a great position for my truth

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to be told some day.

You believed in me to

I know you're upset because we lost, but

It's

And by the grace of God, I know it will.

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And some day, when you look down from your judge's seat -- by

the way, congratulations for being elected to be a judge --

you will be proud some day that my truth has finally been

told.

Respectfully -- respectfully -- I thank the Court now

for both of us for being fair to us this entire process.

say "us" because we worked together.

conversation like I went through with my first two attorneys.

You talk to me, not at me.

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It was never a one-sided

You talk to me, not at me.

And I

really want to thank you.

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And I really want to thank you, your Honor, for

bringing this great man and person into my life.

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I learned so much from you, Mr. Weisman.

And, once

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again, I do care.

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my life in here or fortunately be released some day, I promise

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that your knowledge and wisdom will not go in vain.

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pass it down to my children's children.

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Weisman.

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And I promise whether I spend the rest of

I will

Thank you, Mr. Dave

To the prosecution team, assistant United States

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attorneys Sean Franzblau and Brian Hayes, Mr. Hayes, you are a

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great prosecutor, but, Mr. Franzblau, you're an amazing

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prosecutor.

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courtroom is astounding.

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amazing.

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was actually watching an episode of Law and Order.

Your presence and delivery and art in this

The way you capture the people is

I mean, every time you took the floor, I thought I

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But don't get ahead of yourself.

than my attorney Mr. Weisman.

feud there.

I hope I didn't just start a

But, Mr. Franzblau, you really do have a promising

future ahead of you.

elected to judge, as well.

in.

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You're not better

And some day I hope to hear that you are

Sorry, I just had to throw that

And I know that it's your job to make me seem

insincere and as bad as I possibly can, but that's your job.

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And that's what us criminals have to understand.

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you get paid for.

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Mr. Franzblau and Mr. Hayes.

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I've learned from my recent drug rehabilitation class from my

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teacher is that I shouldn't have never put myself here in the

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first place.

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fault only.

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So, please continue to do your job,

Because if there is one thing

So, whatever is said about me is my fault and my

I take full responsibility.

But in my heart, I know, my family knows, my mother

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in heaven knows that I am not this monster.

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a man.

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his family.

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That's what

I am Toby Jones,

A man that all he wanted to ever do was take care of

And in this man's eyes, that's all this man did.

And that's all I have to say, your Honor, but I would

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just like to just freestyle a little bit.

Your Honor, I would

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just like to say that I know the role I played in society, and

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I know that I'm a bad person.

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give to my kids, my grandkids upon my release is overwhelming.

But the teaching that I can

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And, your Honor, I honestly want to say to you that I

don't want to spend the rest of my life in prison; as I told

my attorney, that I do care.

don't -- want to spend the rest of my life in prison.

as I stated, that even though I disagreed with the Court's

conclusion, but I'm very grateful, your Honor, of the fair

trial you've given me and my brother throughout this entire

process.

And, your Honor, I don't -- I

I know,

Thank you.
And last, but not least, I would just ask the Court

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if there is anything y'all -- anybody wants to ask me -- you,

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your Honor, the prosecutor, my lawyer, Special Agent Labno --

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you know, if there's any questions y'all have to ask me, you

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know, about whatever, I'm willing to answer those questions.

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And that's all, your Honor.

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THE DEFENDANT:

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Thank you, Mr. Jones.

Yes, ma'am.
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I certify that the foregoing is a correct excerpt from the

record of proceedings in the above-entitled matter.

/s/ Joseph Rickhoff

Official Court Reporter

May 18, 2016