The Man I Looked Up to Robbed Me at Gunpoint

In this gripping episode of 10 Toes Podcast, Jason sits down one-on-one with Favio, a former Cleveland drug dealer whose life spiraled from selling crack cocaine at just 12 years old to facing a murder case as a teenager and ultimately serving 18 years in Ohio state prison.Favio explains how the streets pulled him in early. Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, he says it started with wanting better shoes, better clothes, and the acceptance of older guys in the neighborhood. What began as a kid pointing out customers on the block quickly turned into selling crack himself, making money fast, and building a reputation in a neighborhood where image, toughness, and respect meant everything.By his mid-teens, Favio was no longer just another kid on the corner. He was making serious money, running dice games, learning how to survive, and rising in a drug zone controlled by older street figures. But the same man he once looked up to eventually robbed him at gunpoint — a humiliation Favio says he could not live with.Days later, still only 16 years old, Favio caught him slipping and pulled the trigger.That decision changed everything.Favio breaks down the full story of the murder case, the fear and numbness that followed, fleeing to Texas, being arrested as a juvenile, fighting the case for two years, getting a hung jury, and then being pressured into taking an 18-year plea deal after realizing the system was prepared to bury him for life.Inside Ohio’s prison system, Favio describes a brutal world most people will never understand:• entering prison as a teenager• learning fast that survival comes before everything• the fear of predators, violence, theft, and prison politics• what Ohio prison culture was really like• why juveniles in adult facilities had to grow up immediately• how gangs, race, and reputation shaped everyday life behind the wallsHe also talks about the emotional side of doing time — the bond with his mother, the pain of prison visits, the mental toll of knowing he had to serve every single year, and the reality of going from a kid chasing fast money to a man forced to sit still and think about every decision that got him there.This episode dives deep into:• Cleveland street life• selling crack at 12 years old• how kids get groomed into the drug game• the pressure of reputation and respect• catching a murder case at 16• being charged young and fighting life-changing time• the truth about hung juries and plea deals• Ohio state prison politics and survival• what prison does to teenagers• life after serving 18 yearsFavio’s story is not about glorifying the streets — it is about consequences, survival, and how fast a child can be swallowed by an adult world.🎙️ 10 Toes Podcast continues to tell real stories from the streets, prison, and life after incarceration — straight from the people who lived it.🔗 CONNECT WITH 10 TOES PODCAST👉 https://10toespodcast.com/👉 Jason on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/8upjay 👉 Favio on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@timeafterlockup