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Stranger to the drug trade. >> oh, yeah, i've done drugs. i'm not going to lie about that. i've dealt drugs. that's just my upbringing. but i didn't sell those drugs. >> if convicted, sutton will face a minimum sentence of ten years. but that's not the only serious crime he's accused of. less than a year earlier, a nighttime gun battle erupted on an east boston bridge. after the investigation, sutton was arrested and charged with assault with intent to commit murder. he has pled nurg. >> they say that i was on the bridge and two people got shot and allegedly one of the people that did the shoo...

Robert sutton's life he'd be happy to forget. after several shots were fired on an east boston bridge, sutton was charged with attempted murder of a rival gang member. sutton's girlfriend emily was also shot during the incident. sutton was arrested before emily had fully recovered and says the trauma of the night has stayed with him. >> i've seen a lot in my life but i've never had nightmares until i looked at her laying down on the floor with bullet holes in her chest. i miss her touch. >> sutton hopes that after today he'll be able to put those memories to rest. emily has received approval f...

>> sutton says that after the shots ended he realized emily was lying on the bridge. >> she said "something's wrong with my chest" so i ripped her shirt open and there was three holes in her chest. >> while emily was recovering in the hospital, authorities arrested sutton and charged him with shooting his rival. he wasn't charged for emily's shooting because she backed up his story. >> sometimes i be thinking this ain't even real. like am i really still here? because i haven't even -- i haven't spent no time with her since she got shot. i haven't touched her, you know what i mean? for all i kn...

For most inmates, jail has a way of crimping their personal lives. for the seven months he's been at the boston suffolk county jail, 25-year-old robert sutton has only spoken to his girlfriend on the phone but he's determined to take the relationship to the next level. >> listen, listen, i need a closeup, all right? will you marry me, baby girl? i'm serious. give me one of those little rice and bean babies. emily, i love you, baby. >> but the crime sutton has been accused of, it may be a long time before he can start a family. he's been charged with distribution of cocaine for allegedly sellin...

>> there are certain moments of robert sutton's life he'd be happy to forget. after several shots were fired on an east boston bridge, sutton was charged with attempted murder of a rival gang member. sutton's girlfriend emily was also shot during the incident. sutton was arrested before emily had fully recovered and says the trauma of the night has stayed with him. >> i seen a lot in my life. but i really never had nightmares until i, you know, looked at her laying down on the floor with bullet holes in her chest. i just miss her touch. >> sutton hopes that after today he'll be able to put tho...