Former Cook County Judge Patricia Martin was sentenced Friday to four years’ probation after pleading guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from World War II veteran Oscar Wilkerson Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen.

Martin, who was head of the Cook County juvenile court’s child protection division until her 2020 retirement, appeared before Judge Terry Gallagher and pleaded guilty to one count of theft with a value between $100,000 and $500,000.

She was sentenced to four years of probation and ordered to pay $122,763.73 in restitution, according to court records.

Martin is the niece of Wilkerson’s former wife and was given control of his finances in November 2020 when he moved into a senior residence in Orland Park, the Sun-Times previously reported.

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