Authorities are seeking to imprison another defendant who took a plea deal in Young Thug’s sprawling gang case after he was arrested on a misdemeanor shoplifting charge over the summer.
Records show Antonio Sumlin, also known by the nickname Obama, was arrested Aug. 8 in DeKalb County. Sumlin was one of several defendants who avoided trial by pleading guilty in late 2022, weeks before jury selection began.
Nearly two years later, Fulton County prosecutors are still presenting their case in what has become the longest criminal trial in Georgia history .
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Court filings show the state is seeking to revoke Sumlin’s probation and have Judge Paige Reese Whitaker sentence him to prison. Sumlin was given 15 years’ probation after pleading guilty to conspiring to violate the state’s RICO act, two counts of conspiracy to commit a crime and participation in criminal street gang activity.
As part of the deal, he was given a curfew and required to testify truthfully if called as a witness in the case. He has not testified yet and it’s unclear whether prosecutors still plan to call him to the stand.