to pick her up and saying, girl, you re thicker than a bowl of oatmeal. after four minutes, of hearing the dozens of charges and convictions, cruz has accrued during the past 16 years, the judge renders her decision. i am going to honor the plea agreement. i will sentence you to four years in jersey state prison with a two-year period of parole eligibility. can i say something your honor? no. the sentencing is i know it ain t going to help me but i d like to just put this on record. now, i did sell drugs. i did. i m being honest. i sold drugs to a friend that i knew, a so-called friend for 35 years. mr. cruz, you i understand. okay. kicking me out. huh? i understand. don t worry about it. it s over. it s over? well, you ve had your chance. i wasn t lying.
his maximum security status was changed based on his sentence, so he went to medium. he is going to be transferred there tonight. thank you. i appreciate that. cruz s plea deal will result in a maximum of four years in prison on his charge of drug possession with intent to distribute in a school zone. his final sentence will be issued in an upcoming hearing, but for now, cruz is busy making his presence known in his new unit. yeah, yeah. what s up, old-timer? how you doing? all right. what s up with you? three days later, things seem anything but good between him and michael bates, who has just heard from other blood members that cruz has issued a threat against him. he s saying, yeah. he s going to find his way up here to me. if you felt this way prior, why are you even coming up here? he was up here with me for days but he never showed no type of aggression toward me. now when he move off the tier he s saying going to do this, do
he had no problem whatsoever hitting on the undercover officer on the audiotape trying to pick her up and saying, girl, you re thicker than a bowl of oatmeal. after four minutes, of hearing the dozens of charges and convictions, cruz has accrued during the past 16 years, the judge renders her decision. i am going to honor the plea agreement. i will sentence you to four years in jersey state prison with a two-year period of parole eligibility. can i say something your honor? no. the sentencing is i know it ain t going to help me but i d like to just put this on record. now, i did sell drugs. i did. i m being honest. i sold drugs to a friend that i knew, a so-called friend for 35 years. mr. cruz, you i understand. okay. kicking me out. huh? i understand. don t worry about it. it s over. it s over? well, you ve had your chance.
got to give it to me. i m 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. i d 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, he ll remain in the bergen county jail where he holds a distinct status. i do believe michael bates is our highest ranking blood member in the jail. michael bates definitely is the real deal. he can throw his weight around here. i hold a high rank now, which is called og, original gangster. i done fought. i done stabbed people in prison. i done orchestrated riots.
the state had to defend on tape selling marijuana to a female undercover police officer on several different occasions. he had no problem whatsoever hitting on the undercover officer on the audiotape trying to pick her up and saying, girl, you re thicker than a bowl of oatmeal. after four minutes of hearing the dozens of charges and convictions, cruz has accrued during the past 16 years, the judge renders her decision. i am going to honor the plea agreement. i will sentence you to four years in jersey state prison with a two-year period of parole eligibility. can i say something, your honor? no. the sentencing is i know it ain t going to help me but i d like to just put this on record. now, i did sell drugs. i did. i m being honest. i sold drugs to a friend that i knew, a so-called friend for 35 years. mr. cruz, you which i told them i understand. okay. the judge done kicked me out now. i understand. don t worry about it. it s over.