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Are booked into the jail. the majority will be released within 48 hours. either on bond or a promise to appear in court. >> i got to start calling everybody, get as much money together as we can. >> john delaney has just been booked for allegedly threatening the life of a public official. >> look on the computer and see what it says on the computer. it says $50,000. >> he says he will plead not guilty and is anxious to bond out. >> sell my truck. do whatever we got to do. tell steve he owns me if he comes gets me, he owns me. whatever he wants done, i don't give a [ bleep ] if it's cutting his...

But without me telling them, they can't say for sure that it's a can. >> while chewing tobacco might lead to sanctions for wesson, the jail has seen an increase of inmates with addictions to a far more insidious drug. methamphetamine. >> most of our methamphetamine comes from mexico. it is shipped up out of arizona or california or texas. >> sedgwick county sheriff jeff easter says a network of highways that runs through wichita makes it a hub for drug trafficking. >> we are a major distribution point because of 54, highway i-135 that leads minnesota and denver. it's my philosophy that drugs d...

County jail is what some might call hallowed ground. it's the law enforcement memorial. a reminder to the deputies who pass it about the honor and peril of their chosen careers. cast in bronze are the boots of local law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty. above each pair are plaques with the officer's name and date of his or her death. one pair of boots has special significance to sedgwick county sheriff jeff easter. they belonged to his younger brother, kevin. >> kevin had a great personality. joked all the time, always had a smile. did really well in school. just an overall re...

He now continues to want to stand behind me with his hand on his gun and i feel threatened by that. >> following a confrontation with sheriff's deputies, john delaney allegedly issued a threat to the life of sedgwick county sheriff jeff easter. he was arrested soon after. but was able to bond out of jail a day later. >> [ bleep ]. >> that freedom was short-lived. >> you just get to a point to where it's -- you can't just keep fighting them. they just keep [ bleep ]. [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> when he was arrested for allegedly threatening sheriff easter, delaney was already on probation in nearb...

We would not be allowed to talk to jeff easter. >> there's no reason to have your hand on your gun! >> next, they posted their video on youtube and the following day, called local news media but had no luck generating interest. >> i made the statement if it ain't news, it don't get people's attention when you steal kids out of people's schools, then maybe it will be news when a bunch of citizens get together and march on the courthouse and demand the sheriff and d.a. be arrested. >> but one reporter called the sheriff's office with a different account of how delaney acted. sheriff easter was a...