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There tonight. >> thank you. i appreciate that. >> cruzs plea deal will result in a maximum of four years in prison on his charge of drug possession with intent to distribute in a school zone. his final sentence will be issued in an upcoming hearing, but for now, cruz is busy making his presence known in his new unit. >> yeah, yeah. whats up, old-timer? how you doing? all right. whats up with you? >> three days later, things seem anything but good between him and michael bates, who has just hear...

Getting in my face and she shoved me. >> the whole unit got in everybodys business. just stupid, petty drama. >> both women will receive several days in segregation for fighting. tensions continue to rise in another unit as well. enrique cruz says he came to s-4 on his own free will in order to investigate the alleged misdoings of fellow blood member michael bates. >> i was sent here. after speaking with him and confirming that that other individual is a liar, now i must go. tonight i will be go...

Where you can go to them and you can plead your story. you may get blessed out and you may not. im not going to say tomorrow im not going to be a blood or next year i might not be a blood. who knows? but i know what i want for myself. i just dont know when its going to happen. >> and right now bates cant take any risks. another member of the bloods with a reputation for violence, enrique cruz, recently transferred to bates unit and says he was looking into rumors about bates loyalty. >> come on ...

Is. >> i think hes retarded, kind of slow. i think something is wrong with him. something is wrong with this guy. >> all day, blood like that, five, all day. recognize real when you see real. you know? aint nothing hidden about this. this is straight blood love. you know what i mean? this is what i do. >> hes going to get dealt with either here or when he goes down to prison somewhere hes going to get dealt with. coming up -- >> ill break his face plate. ill stomp a hole in him. >> enrique cru...

Not necessarily the victor in a recent fight with inmate food server jonathan bevelac. cruz says it was all a ploy to get back to his former housing unit in order to confront fellow bloods gang member michael bates. but after serving 15 days in segregation, cruz was assigned to a different unit. bates, a recognized leader of the gang, says he is still baffled by cruz and his allegations. >> i never knew this dude. i dont have no problems with this guy. i never knew him. i dont know whoa is. hes ...

>> he hit me first, and yes, after three or four times of him punching me in the face, i realized i wasnt able to calm him down. i hit him with an uppercut. brought him to the ground and thats when we both got maced. >> were you injured? >> no, not at all. >> not injured. >> no, not at all. >> but cruz says he had a secret motive for the fight, one that has nothing to do with food trays and everything to do with returning to the maximum security unit to confront michael bates. >> he ran his mout...

I been in every prison in the state of new jersey except the southern state so everybody knows me. my word is gold to them because they seen me action. they dont just hear my audio. they seen my video. they know if i say something its law. all i got to do is send an order and its going to be carried out. whether i want somebody poked up or i want somebody stabbed, its going to get done. >> recently, the self-proclaimed minister of defense of the bloods was transferred into the same housing unit ...

Go to sleepnumber.com for a store near you. doing time behind the walls of the bergen county jail in hackensack, new jersey, is the last place michael bates wanted to be today. not only did he recently

Inmates charges. >> this is the deal. youre staying here to stay out of their hair for four hours. you going back, four hours, no issues. doors open up tomorrow at 7:00. first issue, from anybody, the whole tier is going to get locked in for a week and then im just going to start pressing charges on everybody. >> i get four hours lockup and i didnt even do anything but have a conversation, like just because i am considered the ring leader, so put jennings in lock. coming up -- >> i want to get...

Never heard of him. now ill make the necessary phone calls and get the necessary contact i got to make and im going to see about this guy. see whats up. to me in my heart and my mind i know i feel hes nobody, but i cant just go with what i feel. i still have to do my homework. i still got to do a proper investigation. if hes not who he says he is, hes going to get dealt with. >> while bates has chosen patience over action, a fight has been reported in another part of the jail. >> the officers ru...