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Thought better and decided not to intervene. >> he kept shooting the whole time so that when the police came it documecouldn't be oh mr maddis attacked me. they looked at the tape and that was it. he was gone. so the camera man saved the situation, saved me. >> coming up, rescuers battle to save a man at the edge of niagara falls. >> if you go over in that particular spot you are not going to survive. >> we thought for sure we were going to see this guy go over. >> and this man. >> sure. id i'd rather have the prosecutor be my attorney rather than him. >> gets a new lawyer. everyone loves the ...

He'd probably give me a better trial. >> when the judge says no, what happens next can only be described as shocking. >> i just hit him. i mean i just -- just went into rage, you know. i mean i really didn't realize i was doing it until i was like, you know, i was on the ground when they grabbed me. >> i've had some bruising in the face, some swelling. i had a cut on my cheek. >> doug krickmer is the lawyer you see in the video. >> they took me to the hospital after it occurred, ran a ct scan, checked me over, and it came out okay. >> he's been a public defender for ten years. and despite bein...

>> later. when reporter john maddis comes to him he's all too happy to share what he knows. >> i basically had enough harassment from this man. >> rosa is his sulaimon's wife. and she's angry. >> out of nowhere his wife drives up in a car and comes running up and starts screaming. >> why are you doing this? >> and i'm thinking what am i doing to you? you just invaded someone's private property, invading someone's personal space and then invading our interview. and then she proceeds to smack me with a bottle. she's asked matd maddis where on the other side of the mexican border he wants to be b...

Gun. they couldn't believe that the blood flying around was anything but fake. >> but the flood and injuries are all too real. he's all cuts up. bruised, a few broken ribs and has to spend the night in the hospital. in court, sam sulaimon as part of a plea agreement pleads guilty to felony assault. he's sentenced to a year in jail and three years probation. his wife is three years probation and also ordered to do 30 hours of community service. >> john modis i'm going to sue the living -- >> john maddis is still concerned this may not be over. >> at the sentencing the judge gave him an opportun...

36-year-old father and assistant coach, is nowhere to be found. >> i saw that the coach jumped over a fence and there was like a car waiting for him. >> that day after the incident, he turned himself in to stockton police when he learned they were looking for him. >> scott smith is a reporter who covered the case for the "stockton record." >> he was arrested initially on felony child abuse charges, which brings potentially a state prison sentence. >> but petero has no previous record. as part of a plea deal, the charges are reduced to a misdemeanor, inflicting injury on a child. he accepts the...