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♪ usaa. we know what it means to serve. get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. new inmates are booked into the bergen county jail in hackensack every day of the week. most will arrive in a police squad car. but today one is driven into the compound by an ambulance from a nearby hospital. and due to the nature of his charges, robert leonardes reputation has preceded him. >> at the end of the day, a fellow officer got shot at, it sticks with you. your...

Bergen county, new jersey, is ranked as one of the most prosperous communities in the united states. but behind the walls at the bergen county jail in hackensack is a very different world. in the maximum security unit, surprise searches for contraband are a regular part of life. >> shake-downs here in the bergen county jail are performed on a continuous but sporadic basis. its to catch the inmates off guard. >> spread your legs. >> i personally like that they get too comfortable being anywhere. ...

Spend decades in prison for a police shootout for which he was not directly involved. >> im stressing a lot. i dont know whats going on with my case. i went to court. they just read me my charges and brought me back over here. >> since he was the last known owner of the gun robert leonardes allegedly used to shoot at hackensack police officers, stark has been charged with possession of a handgun while committing a crime. his new cellmate, james george has advice for him. >> you work on your case...

>> i think theres more to that story than shes leading on. obviously. i think theres more with the hair there and the beauty salon thing sounds good, but shes filling fake prescriptions, cancer medications at pharmacies. you know, im not a mathematician, but two and two is four, you know what i mean? coming up, deanna collins tries to adjust to life in max and receives a surprise visitor. >> she was caught on the surveillance camera and we were able to get a good picture of her hairstyle. >> a...

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I dont know whats going on with my case. i went to court. they just read me my charges and brought me back over here. >> since he was the last known owner of the gun robert leonardes allegedly used to shoot at hackensack police officers, stark has been charged with possession of a handgun while committing a crime. his new cellmate, james george has advice for him. >> you work on your case. the court room and let them judges do what they want to do. go to the law library. this is what it is. this...

Enforcement, we take a little more personally. especially if they were shot at. >> you have to put your emotions aside. you cant let your emotions dictate what you do. so i mean, yeah, you think about it. it affects you. you still have a job to do at the end. >> one month earlier, leonardes was out on bail for a prior aggravated assault charge. police say he shot at three hackensack officers who fired back hitting leonardes 14 times. >> a shot in my hand. shot in my arm. im still healing up, goi...

Im lauren, and ive got your back. new inmates are booked into the bergen county jail in hackensack every day of the week. most will arrive in a police squad car. but today one is driven into the compound by an ambulance from a nearby hospital. and due to the nature of his charges, robert leonardes reputation has preceded him. >> at the end of the day, a fellow officer got shot at, it sticks with you. youre going to look at that guy differently than a guy for a parking ticket. >> any crime invo...

>> you have to put your emotions aside. you cant let your emotions dictate what you do. so i mean, yeah, you think about it. it affects you. you still have a job to do at the end. >> one month earlier, leonardes was out on bail for a prior aggravated assault charge. police say he shot at three hackensack officers who fired back hitting leonardes 14 times. >> a shot in my hand. shot in my arm. im still healing up, going through a lot of pain and problems. i had open wounds. i still do. four times...

Pharmacies. you know, im not a mathemetician mathematician but 2 and 2 is 4. you know what i mean? coming up, deanna collins tries to adjust to life in max and receives a surprise visitor. >> she was caught on the surveillance camera and we were able to get a good picture of her hairstyle. >> and -- >> the shooting in hackensack was very unusual. very rarely have we had a shooting of a cop. >> the hackensack police shooting becomes the talk of the jail. >> hackensack is a peaceful, quiet town....