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I Was Toledo’s Most Wanted — Then I Went to Prison | Devin Prince

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

Society & Culture

4.8743 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Devin Prince grew up in Toledo, Ohio, and became a father at just 17 years old. Struggling to provide, he turned to selling drugs — and soon fell into addiction himself. What started as a hustle spiraled out of control when a robbery gone wrong forced him to flee, landing him on Toledo’s Most Wanted list. While on the run, he became involved in a scam and later continued dealing drugs in Virginia, where he was eventually arrested and sentenced to three years in state prison. But in a shocking twist, luck was on his side — the robbery case that once had him labeled one of Toledo’s most wanted fell apart, giving him an unexpected second chance. In this episode, Devin opens up about teenage fatherhood, drug dealing, addiction, being a fugitive, life in Virginia prison, and the moment everything changed. #MostWanted #TrueCrimeStory #FromFugitiveToFelon #PrisonLife #RedemptionStory #Toledo #CrimeDocumentary #podcastinterview Thank you to BLUECHEW for sponsoring this episode: Visit https://bluechew.com/ and use promo code LOCKEDIN at checkout to get your first month of BlueChew & pay five bucks for shipping. Connect with Devin Prince: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BaHGU8xmU/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TPGRIND Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Shop Locked In Merch: http://www.ianbick.com/shop Timestamps: 00:00 How He Became *Toledo’s Most Wanted* 01:20 Growing Up in Toledo & The Road to This Interview 02:20 From Poker Games to YouTube Hustles 03:33 Family Trauma, Addiction, and Searching for Belonging 04:34 Becoming a Teenage Father & Trying to Be a Man Early 06:58 First Taste of the Streets & Gambling Takes Over 08:04 Getting Pulled Into Dealing: Fast Money vs. Consequences 10:06 Drug Money, Power, and the Illusion of Control 12:14 The Heroin Spiral: “I Thought I Could Handle It…” 13:41 Running Away to Missouri — And The Past Following 16:11 Love, Breakups, Relapse… and Losing Everything 20:49 *The Case That Changed Everything* — Fugitive Life Begins 24:13 South Florida Call Center Scams & Dodging Arrest 27:23 Life on the Run in Virginia: Meth, Madness & Federal Heat 33:35 The Arrest: Reality Hits in Cuffs 41:13 Inside Virginia Prisons: Politics, Hustles, Survival 44:39 Dating From Prison & The Emotional Escape 53:03 Getting Out… Then Relapse Hits Hard 55:00 Fighting Back: Sobriety, Support, and Rebuilding His Life 58:46 Starting From Zero: Housing, Jobs, Family Reconnection 01:00:56 Trying to Live Normal Again — But Gambling Still Lurks 01:05:01 The Truth About Gambling Addiction & Sports Betting Culture 01:07:32 What He Learned — And What He Wants Others to Know Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

So mind you, I'm Toledo's most wanted at this point. I've been on the run almost a year now.

0:04.0

What was that first case you got caught for? So I'm fighting the case for six months while the victim,

0:08.2

Darrow, while I was in prison, had a heart attack and died. Wait, you actually used right a prisoner.

0:12.9

Devin Prince was a teen dad selling drugs to survive until one mistake turned him into a fugitive

0:18.0

and one of Toledo's most wanted.

1:13.0

Devin, welcome to Lockdown. Thanks so much for coming up here today. Thanks, Ian, man. It's long drive. Nine and a half hours. I'm happy to be here, though. Yeah, all the way from Ohio, right? Toledo, yeah. Yeah, we've had quite a few guest drive from Ohio. When you're older, nine hours actually doesn't seem like a lot. Like I remember I used to bitch and whine about nine hour drive or going to six or seven hours to Rochester. Right. It wasn't that bad. It wasn't that bad. It stopped to get guests, I think, twice. And I rented a brand new 2025 Hyundai to drive out here. So yeah, it was fun. I'm happy to be here. You know what's crazy about those new cars is that some of those cars are even more expensive than like a sports car. It's crazy. So I put it in cruise control and the car started driving in by itself. Really? Like when I let go of the wheel, it literally drove by itself on cruise control at 72. Like I didn't And like for five minutes, I let it do it. And then,

1:16.8

of course, I put my hand back on the wheel because I wasn't sure. Like, I was just crazy experience to these new cars. Yeah, they're nuts. So tell the audience about your YouTube channel.

1:21.5

Okay, so I started YouTube, I don't know, about a year ago. Right now it's called the

1:26.8

Toledo Poker Grind.

1:28.1

I'm a big poker player in Toledo.

1:31.0

Empire Poker Lounge is a place I go frequently and play tournaments.

1:35.4

I've won all times of tournaments.

1:37.2

I won a chance to go out to Vegas to play in the World Series of Poker.

1:42.7

That's my dream is to go play in the main Series of Poker. Um, that's my dream is to go play like in the main event.

1:46.0

So I originally was doing like Pokemon stuff.

1:51.0

I had like a $30,000 collection that got sold to Deep Pocket Monster.

1:55.0

He's a famous YouTuber.

1:57.0

He bought it, made a video.

1:58.0

It got like 3 million views about my collection. And I started getting a little bit of traction from that. But then like, you know, with running the shop and everything, I kind of put it on the back burner. But I really want to make YouTube a priority and start telling my story more and getting it out there. Yeah. I mean, you see how much has come from me just telling my story. So you just got to double down on it and just jump in and do it. Because, I mean, the prison, a couple of the prisons I was at, you know, out by D.C. And the things that they do out there, it's... I can only imagine. I've encountered D.C. guys in the feds and they don't play. Yeah. So where do you grow up? So I grew up in Salito, Ohio, born and raised there.

2:38.5

It was pretty much raised by my grandparents.

2:41.2

So my mom got into addiction pretty early.

2:46.1

Her sister, my aunt, passed away in 99.

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