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all comes from a very localized area. so you have all these relationships from the outside that then carry over to inside the jail system. in some cases you even have people who have lived together, as in the case of rita and anthony volpe. you don't seem to be too sad about the fact that she got shot and lost an eye. >> i'm not. >> we met anthony volpe, her former roommate, about four miles away in one of maricopa's male facilities. >> i get a voicemail from rita on my phone telling me you owe me $600. i changed the locks on the doors. you're not getting any of your [ bleep ] unless you pay me and if you don't pay me, i'm going to sell it. >> though he pled not guilty, he was at maricopa facing first degree assault and burglary. all related to the incident that cost rita her eye.
cost rita her eye. he does admit going to the house with two friends to get his furniture. >> we walked over to the apartment door, knocked on it and this mutual friend of mine and rita's, henry, opened up the door, sees us, slams the door shut and starts locking it. the person that i was with got mad. he kicked the door and opened it. next thing i know, she starts shooting. she said, tony, what the [ bleep ], and bam, bam, started shooting. >> i heard wood cracking. i knew somebody was trying to break in my front door. and stuff so by the third big bang i dropped my cell phone, i took out my gun, it was already cocked and everything. i looked around the side of my bedroom door, and the third big bang, there's three guys standing there. my ex-roommate and two other gentlemen i've never seen before. i told them to get the [ bleep ] out of my house. and everything. i had my gun at them. the guy in the middle had a .12 gauge shot gun. he was kneeled on the ground. he knew what he was doing.