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People up there high in the rank. 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 rumor...

Got to give it to me. im not pleading guilty to nothing. >> bates has pled not guilty to multiple charges of weapons possession and aggravated assault. he had hoped to reach a plea deal for a sentence of five years, but the prosecution had a harsher sentence in mind. >> 15 and three years running consecutive. id have to do 15 then when i finish the 15 start the three years. >> so 18 years? >> it would take -- >> bates will now take the case to trial. in the meantime, hell remain in the bergen co...

>> double digit. if i got to do time, they got to give it to me. i aint pleading guilty. >> he has pled not guilty to weapons charges and aggravated assault. he hoped to reach a plea deal with a sentence of five years but prosecution had a harsher sentence in mind. >> 15, three years running consecutive. meaning i have to do 15, 15. >> so 18 years? >> give or take. >> bates will now take to to trial but hell stay in bergen county jail. >> i believe michael bates is highest ranking member in the ...

Been in every prison in the state of new jersey except other than state. everybody knows me. my word is golden. they dont hear my audio. they see my ved video. all i have to do is send an order and its carried out. or if i want somebody stabbed, its going to get done. >> recently, the self-proclaimed minister of defense is transferred into the same housing unit as bates. enrique cruz says he came on his own volition. >> i go, come when i want. >> he thinks he can dictate how he moves in this fac...

>> after much back and forth, officers determined it was started when jennings was gossiping about another girl. >> you stay out of their hair for four hours. you go back, four hours, no issues, doors open up tomorrow morning at 7:00. first issue from anybody, the whole tier will get locked in for a week and then well start pressing charges on everybody. >> i did four hours lockup and i didnt even do anything. but have a conversation. like, just because im considered the ring leader. >> coming u...

Not only did he recently complete a nine-year prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter, hes now awaiting trial on two new counts of aggravated assault. if thats not bad enough, today is his birthday and all he has is a gift from another inmate. >> he told me happy birthday and gave me toilet tissue with my name on it and gave me some of these. >> having served time before, bates knows this is no random collection of items. theyre to make a device known in jail as a fifi. >> you could get a t...

He was deemed the instigator but 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 kn...

Officers have concluded that the incident began when jennings started gossiping about another 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 bec...

He couldnt stand up. >> 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....

tell her what she did to wow the crowd "early" this tuesday morning, june 28th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good morning. welcome to "the early show" here on a beautiful tuesday morning in new york. im chris wragge. >> im rebecca jarvis. erica is off this morning my, what a busy play iowa is as the presidential race gets into gear. michele bachmann went back to her old hometown to law firm her campaign for the presidential nomination. this morning, we are going to speak to her abo...