Will Tina (Martin) Naas REALLY be going to trial in a couple of weeks??
JACKSON CO.—We’re trying to figure out if El Prosecutor Grande Mike Wepsiec in Jackson County is simply trying to clear his docket before he’s no longer in charge of the office of state’s attorney, or if something more interesting has come to pass.
Prosecutor el grande Mike Wepsiec, talking to TV reporters during the Tina Martin preliminary, January 2010
Tina Naas (formerly Martin)
Regardless of the reason for it (which is why we’re even here discussing it with you), the fact remains: Tina (Martin) Naas is scheduled to answer to a jury of her peers on August 14, 2012, well over two years after she was charged in Jackson County with Solicitation to Commit Murder for Hire. This charge stems from her alleged involvement in the case that her ex, former sheriff Raymond Martin, now sits in a federal prison over: Intimidation of federal witnesses in his drug case in Gallatin County.
For those unfamiliar with the whole story, the Solicitation part occurred while Raymondo was being held at the Jackson County Jail in Murphysboro, where he hatched a plot to kill the two key witnesses in his federal case, Jeremy Potts and David Woods. In January of 2010, Raymondo’s son Cody and then-wife Tina (Kristina) were visiting him and allegedly discussing how to carry this out. This resulted in all three of them facing state charges in Jackson County.
Raymond Martin at the Jackson County courthouse, March 2010.
Raymondo’s charges were dropped when the feds picked them up. Tina’s and Cody’s dragged through the system, however. It appeared it was all a foregone conclusion after we sat and listened, in September 2010 in federal court in Benton, to hour after hour of Raymondo on the phone with his kid and wife, plotting how the two federal witnesses were going to get done in. Cody even turned on his father and, bravely, sat in the witness stand in federal court and testified against his father, proving that he still had a conscience even after what he’d been through at such a young age (21 at the time).
However, Tina was still hanging out there, even after the conviction and right up to sentencing.
Raymondo was sentenced in January 2011, about a month after Tina secured a surprise divorce. She never showed up at any of the federal proceedings, which we found odd. And she’s been going on with her life, business as usual, ever since. So it’s somewhat surprising that a court date has actually been set, doubly so since Wepsiec will no longer be prosecutor this December as he chose not to run for another term. Most folks figured he’d just boot it to the next prosecutor. We were among those folks.
So…do we head off to Murphysboro on August 14? Conventional wisdom would dictate yes…as, if she doesn’t want to go through the grueling business of a jury trial, Tina might take a plea…and that’s newsworthy as well. However, experience has shown us no, as, every damn time we’ve made the three-hour trip, something delays the proceedings. Continuances, continuances, continuances. Not to mention that the file has been, for all intents and purposes, impounded. Every time we went there last year even when there WEREN’T hearings scheduled, we didn’t have access to the file; it was “in the judge’s office.” It became an exercise in futility.
We’ll go, however. It’s what we do. Maybe Ang can sell a few books while we’re there, since Murphysboro is in it prominently. Whatever the case, we’ll bring it to you. Be watching…and be sure to pick up not only the current issue of Disclosure that’s on stands now, but also the newest, August special edition, which hits the stands a week from Monday, and which we’re fervently working on right now, hence slow posts.
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Posted by Jack Howser
on Jul 27 2012. Filed under Breaking, Gallatin, Jackson.
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Just read your FB post. Also read the comments. “Good luck Tina!!” Really David????? But of course you would post that. I am sure you have a seat with your name engraved on it at Hardware. You are showing your ignoramce by openly supporting someone that tried to hire people to murder 2 men. You are well aware of the legal system from what I am told about your family so of course you would support this criminal. Hell, who knows, you all might have lost your supplier when the whole Raymomd thing went down. The majority of the GCO taxpayers prob. don’t agree with your support of Tina considering she and Raymond spent our money for their own personal trips, etc…. Shame on you!
Matter of fact, I do have a seat at Hardware with my name on it! LOL Just so you know, I grew up with Tina, Raymond, and Cody around me all the time. I don’t agree with any of the actions that took place in this whole mess. However, I don’t agree with the absolute slander people like YOU love to post on any of these sites(without so much as your real name). Don’t you think she would like to live in peace, for now!? Do you even know her? Well,if ya don’t let ME tell ya that she is an AWESOME person to be around. She isn’t so stupid she would put her or her Childrens life in any kind of danger. As far as I go or MY family goes? Well I work 40 to 60 hours a week or more? So what does that have to do with ANY of MY family MUDDOG? I’d love to hear of your woes! This site isn’t to go and take stuff WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too far. It’s to simply voice your opinion on the areas happenings. So if you don’t mind repect my opinion and I’ll respect yours! Oh and BTW, your username should be YOUR name if your gonna talk so serious. It makes ya look more credible, instead of such a dumbass! BTW I’m David Holloway
Wouldn’t brag about growing up around them. My grandmama always said your friends are a reflection of you. No slander here, just the facts. Hopefully someday the transcript of the trial will be published for all to see what a dirty cop Martin was and how his wife was trying to secure hitmen. Okay, lets let her live in peace. Seriously??? It might be a bit easier if she would just own up to what she did instead of parading her scrawny ass, tattooed leg all over the damn place. I voiced my opinion(which I doubt isn’t the minority) and you voiced yours. One other thing grandmama said was”don’t argue with stupidity”. Bye:)
It honestly doesn’t bother me what the rest of the county thinks and I will respect your opinion. When you make one thats sensible, that is. Not slander? You got to be fucking kidding me? You sit in front of your computer ALLLLLLLLLLLLL day waiting to see what this paper puts online so you can jump on here and act like the rest of the world loves you sooooooooooooooooo God damn much. Well I wish I knew who you were, just so I could call you ignorant to your face. Get a life.
Oh and what they do reflects on me?LOL!!! Go look at my record,please! If you knew anything,you would know that I’ve never had a speeding ticket! You would know that I’m a good kid!
1 Neither facts nor cold hard evidence are considered slander. If you would have been in court everyday you would realize it. 2. No record in GCO means nothing. Very few tickets are written and if they are they are dropped. 3. I just truly wonder if you would still support her if your family member was one of the ones that they were trying to get killed 4. Your right that I am not posting under my real name and there is a reason for it. Wouldn’t want a hit taken out on me just for stating facts that some people just don’t want to acknowledge. David, you are entitled to your opinion of her. The word awesome just is probably the last word that I would use to describe her. I have known her since she was a young child and even before she got arrested I would have never used the word awesome to describe her. Lastly, as to not putting her family in danger I have to STRONGLY disagree with you. Every single day that the drug business was in operation they put their family at risk. If she wants to “live in peace” she needs to show some remorse for her actions and the pain that it has caused her family & GCO. BTW- I have a life. In fact it is a law abiding, humble,and very hard working one. Also, I am thankful that the staff of Disclosure reports on this. MSM sugar coats everything and that is IF they report on a story at all. I don’t sit around waiting to comment. I very rarely comment. However, as a taxpaying citizen of GCO it pisses me off what the Martins were doing and the illegal use of county funds & property.
Correction… ignorance!
Just out of curiosity, how recent is that picture of Tina?
Don’t know. I just yanked it off her Facebook.I’d just about guess it’s last Christmas, judging by the size of the little one in the original.
Wow. I really can not believe she is going to go through with a juryslamdunc trial. I wonder if Cody will testify against her also? I also read facebook posts and some people are just pure crazy. They want to support someone who wanted to help kill people? Disclosure, you know the amount of evidence they have against her! She is guilty as they come. Slamdunc, the picture is on her facebook wall. It was taken sometime this past fall. Probably Thanksgiving.
That’s what I’m saying…people don’t understand. We sat and listened to the evidence against her. We posted it here and in the print version for everyone to see. It was incontrovertible. Yet these MORONS say we’re “making things up”???? What. The. FUCK. These people are completely delusional. It must be weird, living in your own little world where everything is sunshine and lollipops and you have your own unicorn that can shit rainbows. I reference fucking Stacy Barnett. Who is probably related to that slutty Amber Martin Barnett somehow.
Wonder who is footing the attorney bill for the trial daddy, Tony, or the patrons of Hardware & the tip jar? ARROGANCE at its finest!! So are all the 4 charges the same? Also, Cody has a court date a couple days after her trial date….seems strange. Tina does walk around like Amber Barnett! They both think they are above the law. Pathetic! Both women came from good homes. How disappointing to their parents & relatives.
People in Gallatin County do live in their own little world inside a fucking bubble where they think they can not be touched. Maybe Tina should have been at the trial so she could hear how stupid she was. I thought her mom and friend were taking notes for her. Have they not told her that she is toast if she goes to trial?
I know she reads alll of this and maybe she needs to think about the impact her trial will make on her family….especially her kids. And maybe she needs to delete her facebook or watch more Criminal Minds.
Is it probible that she will plead guilty at the very last moment?
Yes. She might go all the way through seating a jury and just prior to the commencement of the trial, enter a plea. At this point, however, it would likely be an open plea, meaning she’s subjecting herself to the mercy of the judge as regards imposing sentence. Somehow, though, I believe that she will go through with a trial. I’m really beginning to wonder if she just doesn’t like to have the drama of all of it surrounding her.
I think you hit the nail on the head. With drama comes attention and she DEFINITELY likes attention.of course when she draws attention to herself all it does is hurt the ones that she should worry about the most (kids,parents,etc.) but screw them I guess. She has a new “dad” for the little one and what a father figure he is.NOT!
It is a real Shame that the Kids have to suffer thru this.I do feel sorry for them.