i was diagnosed with this thing called o.d.d. oppositional defines y -- defiancy disorder. >> he has a gambling problem, but we're trying to work on it. >> 26-plus years. one of the worst cases i've ever seen. >> four other inmates in jail

after a shocking home invasion robbery and rape. >> i've lost count will hours of sleep trying to avoid the nightmares of that night replaying in my head. >> one defendant will stand apart from the others. >> put your mind to it, you got to keep slapping the wall. >> though nothing will prepare him for what's to come. >> [ bleep ] bay most accounts, grand rapids is an ideal place to live. like all cities, it has an underside. when crime occurs here or in the outlying areas, the arrested party are likely to spend time

at the kent county jail. >> spread your legs as far apart as you can. >> most of the 1,000 male and female inmate are accused of crimes and are awaiting trial at the resolution of their cases. jail official take strides to house inmates in a manner that will minimize any problems. >> how you doing? good. >> we evaluate everybody, their risk, their need. we have housing areas of inmates of the same type of risks, same type of needs. and that's how you keep your jail as safe as possible. >> some cases, however, require the jail to take extra precautions. >> d1, can you open 42, please? we have a case in the jail that involves four suspects that are involved in various serious criminal sexual assault and home invasion. the importance of keeping those people separate is a full-time responsibility for us because you can have is very violent

situations where if one of those suspects wants to get to the other before he talks about the case, his life is in danger-wise here. >> the four other booked into the jail one year earlier on charges of first-degree home invasion, armed robbery, and first-degree criminal sexual conduct or rape. a fifth suspect is a 14-year-old boy, housed in the jail's juvenile wing. three of the four adult suspect, dorian jones, james hodgies, and brandon towns, pled guilty to all charge and are awaiting sentencing. >> it was supposed to be an in-and-out breaking and entering. once we good this there, the people there, things went -- once we got in there, the people there, things went -- people was beat up, tied up. it was basically like everything happened like -- like that. >> towns says he and his co-defendants entered the home during the predawn hours following a party held there the night before. they wore masks to conceal their identities. the home belonged to students at

a local college. >> we picked the house because we knew it was a bunch of people having a party. and they said they were going to be really drunk. so why not go back later. >> according to prosecutors, three male victim in the house were robbed and pistol whipped. the one female victim reported being tied up, blindfolded, beaten, and raped by the suspects. the three who pled guilty said they did so in hopes of receiving shorter prison sentences than they would have if they were found guilty in trial. but they could still receive maximum consecutive sentences on all their charges. >> i could get 15, maybe 20 years. i'm hoping i get just 10. >> i know i'm going to do at least 10 years. >> the law might say it's going to be life. i'd rather take something than to go and give my life away and never be able to see my moon and nobody. >> one year later, the three are still in jail awaiting sentencing. they are required to wait

because the fourth adult suspect, redrick melton, has pled not guilty and is taking his case to trial. >> nobody was able it i.d. me at the scene or the party. there was no dna evidence against me. there are no fingerprints against me. there was no actual physical evidence against me. on a scale from one to ten, i'm at a nine about being found innocent. i know, the lord know i ain't do this. he'll judge me. i know justice will be served. >> when you say justice will be served, tell me what that means it you. >> me going home. you know, the truth coming out, people lying, perjury, lying under oath. >> all of melton's co-defendants

are on record saying he played a key role. that he not only participated but was a guest at the party. part of a plan for which melton would case the location for the others. >> if he gets found guilty, he'd rather go down saying he fought going down instead of, oh, i didn't take no key like the rest of them. when you fight, you don't do nothing but pissing them off. you're making the judge and victims go through this night again, all this distraught, emotional. so if you do lose, you go and get hit with the max. >> melton says his co-defendants lack credibility. >> four against one. that is pretty bad odds. but for four criminals, you know. >> even though hodges, jones, and towns have all pled guilty criminal sexual conduct, they deny having committed the acts. "the victim stated she could not identify their faces because they were masked." according to hodges, some of the victims were still able to

identify melton. >> they had a party that night. so he went to the party so they could all identify him being this. and then when she seen his body built, she -- oh, yeah, he was tall, skinny, this and that. >> what does the victim say about you? what was your state and local>> the victim didn't say anything about me. >> what did the victim say? >> the victim said she was raped, but she didn't say i raped her. she didn't -- it's like this -- the victim said they didn't see anybody. >> what -- what was her description if she gave a description of the person who raped her, correct? >> somebody dipping in my case. i think we're done here. go to my room. somebody dipping in my case. i'm done. come get this mic off me. i'm done this. [ bleep ] [ bleep ]

>> white people, man. coming up -- >> i'm strong. >> show him your muscles. >> brandon towns gets a visit, and a deputy goes on a pursuit. >> he's calling this hotline. >> you see where they're at, you stay away. that's where there's too many people. 

day-to-day operations of the kent county jail are managed by sheriff's deputies. john hess used to be one of them. now he's under sheriff, the county administrator who oversees the jail and its staff. >> we have some mean, nasty, ugly people in jail.

some real hard-core criminals. but the majority of people are from our community. people that are going back. so i think we try really, really hard here to have our staff understand that these are just people. >> deputy justin flynn worked at the jail for seven years and says he's bought in to that philosophy. >> nobody wants to be in jail. i'm ready to go home after eight hours. i'm trying to make their day better. these guys know i'll talk to them all. we joke around, but if they cross a line, they're going to get time. >> he says breaking up the monotony of jail is important, and there are certain ways to do so. >> the bag game is bean bag toss. the more you can occupy them, the more they're distracted from getting into trouble. the one thing we can't let these guys do is -- gamble, because this is more or less what they do up here. this one right here, that one over there. >> like horseshoes? like this?

>> yeah. a little farther. >> yeah. >> andre -- ♪ >> yeah. i've been working on it for months. >> i saw that. >> yeah. that's why my head's so big. i have a wealth analogy. it's a success. i think it's going to be good, as long as these guys don't -- don't abuse it. >> but not everyone shares flynn's enthusiasm. >> came up with a bean bag idea. i obviously didn't think he was serious about it. then they bought it. so now he's like, they think it's a good idea. now i guess i got to run with it. >> justin's brother john is also a deputy at the jail. >> other than having bald heads, they're complete opposites. >> probably -- >> cory, i tried rogaine. they lie to you. that stuff doesn't let anything grow. >> i don't think i look anything like that guy, and they think

that i am sometimes him and he come up to me and ask me about these crazy stories. i say, sorry. i don't know what you're talking about. they look at me like i'm completely lying because they think i'm him. >> well, i'm going to head out. >> okay. >> all right. >> see ya. >> as co-workers, the brothers spend a lot of time together, but soon justin will go away for a while in order to pursue a dream. >> i'm off the whole month of june, and we're going to be out in washington and oregon. the olympic peninsula. one of sasquatch's places on the earth. we're going to be big foot hunting. >> you going to look for sasquatch? >> i don't believe you, man. >> good luck. >> washington state, to go squatching. >> taking it to a whole other level. >> people are looking for the big sasquatch. >> you were the go worry about the mom and about the dad. >> i walked in to his house the other day, he had about a 3 1/2

foot cardboot cutout, honest to -- cardboard cutout, honest to god, standing in his living room. i said, come on. what is this? i said, aren't big foots bigger, like seven, eight foot supposedly? he said, no, no, no. that's not what i'm looking for. he says, that's the baby squatch. >> three weekts weeks of nothing but sasquatch. >> he's calling this big foot hot line to find out where the most recent activity it is. >> no. not a big fought hot line. stay away from those areas. too many people. you want to go where the people are not. scent control. play the wind. got my decoy. yips and yelps. we'll get him in. yes. you go -- whoop! whoop! >> what an idiot! >> you don't really believe this. do you? >> yes. 100%. >> take your taser? >> no. two guns. right there.

>> good god. he's lost his mind. >> two guns. >> while his brother remains skeptical, justin made true believers out of several inmates, like scott dipiazza. >> i'm going to research where the most squatch sightings are and then go where they're not so i can catch them in the -- i learned this from my buddy flynn. >> you don't want to go where they're over called. like turkey hunting. >> no. then they'll run away. you got to go where they're not. maybe a few miles outside of the sightings. what if i put on a suit and pretend to be a juvenile squatch? >> risky. >> someone might shoot me? >> yeah. >> the best advice, don't listen to anyone else. >> seriously. >> i'm a believer. this man is probably an idol of mine. >> he's a mentor. >> you mentor people. you just come to work and get your paycheck.

i mentor people. >> he is charged with breaking into a vehicle and said he's pled not guilty said he's also had a problem with authority. >> diagnosed with a thing called odd. oppositional defiancy disorder, which is basically, like -- [ bleep ] the man. i do get tested an awful lot because i am small, but i'm not -- i'm no bitch. i'm not a punk. people want to go, it is what it is, i'll bite your damn ear off, grab hold of your [ bleep ] and twist them. >> he's had numerous run-ins with the law since he was 17. he blames his most recent arrest on a combination of anxiety drugs and alcohol. >> started drinking in the morning that day and went over to a buddy's house of mine, and hey, give me some of your pills. you know? he has tourette's disorder. i was snorting them and eating a bunch of them.

next thing i know, i just -- the next morning, everybody's like, hey. you broke in all these cars and we told you not to, and you brought back all of this stuff. here it is. and i'm like -- ah, [ bleep ]. you know? >> so dipiazza has pled not guilty in hopes of reaching a deal with prosecutors. >> he doesn't deny he committed the crimes. >> kicking myself in the butt. that's stuff i did when i was a kid. kids break into cars, not adults. i want to be an adult. >> while he wants to abide by the law, he admits his life in jail revolves around another banned activity. gambling. >> break the doors in the day room. i sit there at that able all day. >> y'all in? call. >> that's my whole daily routine. play poker until lunch. eat lunch. lock down an hour. get out.

play poker until dinner. >> dipiazza has a gambling problem. week working 0en that. i try to pull him from the table. >> no gambling? >> no gambling. >> the deputy will keep an eye on the bean bag toss to make sure it doesn't turn into a gambling game. make sure it doesn't turn into a game of stocks. >> i said we can't be gambling on this. i know how he likes to gamble and this pod likes to gamble. we try to cut it down. >> what's the point system? >> in the hole is 3. >> scott's not a very good gambler, though. in life he needs to just stop gambling and do something else. >> what's dipiazza have? >> since inmates don't have access to cash, they typically gamble snacks purchased from the commissary. dipiazza relied on his mother to purchase those for him. >> she told me, you're destined for greatness. you just need to focus your energy in good ways and not in

to bad ways. i just want to do good. i want to make my mom proud. [ bleep ] >> get them all in. >> 16. coming up -- >> give you one more. >> scott has lost his mount, and -- >> last time we talked you got angry. >> rederick melton explains his anger. today i have new campbell's chunky spicy chicken quesadilla soup. she gives me chunky before every game. i'm very souperstitious. haha, that's a good one! haha! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right.

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the crimes grabbed headlines and shocked residents of grand rapids. the victims were all local college students living in a house together. three male victims were beaten and robbed. and a young woman was raped by the masked intruders. four men were arrested, and are now in the kent county jail. three pled guilty. but rederick melton has pled not guilty. when we asked him about details of the female victim's description of one of her attackers, he shut us down. >> somebody dipping into my case? i think we're done here. put me in my room. somebody dipping in my case.

i'm done. >> two weeks later, melton agreed to speak with us again. >> the last time we talked to you, you kind of got a little angry. what was that about? >> it was about, like, i felt that they went to other co-defendants to get questions to ask me, like as if i had did the rape, basically accusing me. you know? i got accused. so, yes. i got upset. >> self weeks earlier, melton was placed in disciplinary segregation for fighting in maximum security general population unit. he's now eligible to return to general population but has requested to remain in segregation. >> classification comes in 30 days. they ask were you want to move. i say, no, because i'm going to trial. i'd rather have the concentration down here. and so i don't move. >> besides working on his case, melton has one other way to pass time. >> usually, like growing up, i

was always at the park playing basketball. so -- i just feel, made me a rim so i can always play basketball. my strength and power -- slap the wall. that's when i score a shot. a point. when you put your mind to it, you got to keep slapping the wall. you know, you're not thinking about nothing, except slapping that wall. you know? so i'm using my strength to slap the wall. over and over and over again. boom! >> i'm going show you how to do that. >> one of melton's co-defendants dorian jones has pled guilty to all of his charges but must wait for melton's trial to end before he can be sentenced. he practices his shot in a maximum security general population unit.

>> damn! >> shut your ass up. >> inside his cell, a third co-defendant, james hodges, also waiting sentencing, works on other skills. >> what are you doing right now? >> creasing my shirt. the paper keeps the crinkles out, because i got to iron. got to keep the creases in it. got to look good. i keep them in my shirts, my pants. it sticks out. everybody else, they don't have crease, but mines do. >> how long is that stay in there for? >> i do it at least two or three days. just so i know it's -- it's really in there. >> brandon townes has a prior criminal sexual conduct conviction, which could result in a longer sentence than any of his co-defendants. >> as first i was like, i'm never going to be able to start life over again. what's the use of even trying to live now?

i have a son out there. i have people that care for me. so i wouldn't want to just do something to myself to hurt them. >> today, townes' 3-year-old son brandon jr. and the child's mother tynesha have come for a visit. >> brandon and i were together for four years. we split up, but my son wants to see his dad. >> you got to wait until daddy comes on the screen. >> okay. >> it's just hard hearing my son say, "i want my dad. i want to go to my dad's house," and he can't go to his dad's house. >> hey, baby. how you doing? i miss you. >> no. >> you don't miss me? >> huh-uh. >> you want to fight? >> no. i strong. >> tell him! >> i'm strong. >> you're strong? >> yes. >> show him your muscles. you got to see. come right here so he can see you. oh -- show him your muscles. [ laughter ]

>> dada! >> look. look at dada. >> see? say i got bigger muscles. >> i got bigger muscles. >> on video. >> does little brandon understand where you're at right now? >> he knows i'm not at my house. so he knows that i'm somewhere else. >> big hugs. >> all right. bye! >> give big hugs. >> he gave me a big hug. >> blow him a kiss. blow him a kiss? >> yes. >> how are you going to explain to him when he starts asking? >> just let him know that daddy made a mistake and when people be bad, that's where they go, and you don't ever want to be bad. >> all right. bye. >> bye. >> brandon -- brandon -- oh, lord. coming up -- >> no one's going to hurt you, buddy. >> the flynn brothers respond to an emergency before one of them heads to the wild.

>> still looking for sasquatch? >> yeah. >> and -- >> why didn't you put money in my account? >> do what you got to do. stretch it out. >> scott dipiazza gets some motherly advice.

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the goal of most kent county jail deputies is to get through the day in an orderly and safe manner. but they know to always expect the unexpected. >> what's gone going on. >> got some problems in here. >> yes? >> deputy justin flynn encountered a peculiar situation. an inmate is lying beneath his bunk and is not responsive. >> no skylarking. let's go. >> for security reasons, flynn returns all other inmates to their cells before he investigates further. >> this guy was not acting right that he was underneath his bunk. obviously, when you go in there, it looks like it's probably something mental. everything checks out otherwise. >> no one's going to hurt you. >> you get medical up here. mental health. get enough deputies in case he becomes combative. >> no one's going to hurt you, buddy. all right? >> we got him out of there and

medical checked him out and he's good to go now. >> got it under control now, justin? >> yeah. >> barnes, come on out. everything is status quo. copacetic now. >> and on that note, deputy is off to pursue a dream, a three-week quest to find big foot. >> what about your brother? >> yeah. actually, just talked to him two, three -- two days ago. >> how's he doing? >> left washington, was going to oregon. he's squatching, absolutely. >> it's now up to john's older brother to keep staff and inmates up to date on justin's journey. >> i don't know if he saw one. he hasn't caught one. been watching the news. pretty sure he hasn't caught one yet. >> i check in with "usa today" every day. >> right. another sasquatch believer is 21-year-old scott dipiazza who's decided to try out a new hair-style for an upcoming visit with his mother. >> i'm going to get it braided into corn rows straight to the

back and hopefully it will hold and stay. >> what's your mom going too say when she sees your hair in corn rows? >> she'll probably dig it. she support everything a do, except for breaking the law. >> dipiazza is awaiting trial on charges of breaking and entering into a vehicle. he's had a long list-of-minor convictions but dipiazza says he's gotten away with far many more crimes than he's ever got caught for. >> i've done pretty -- i feel like a real dirtball for this. there was a mexican market -- i feel like a dirtball for this. a shoe box with wrapping paper and picture of a guy in a hospital bed with a bunch of hispanic writing, spanish writing, [ speaking in foreign writing, what's spanish writing -- [ speaking spanish ] >> in american i'm sure it said something like, i'm real messed up. help me. charity box. well, you know, me being an a -- [ bleep ], i put it in my thing and left.

there was like $150 in it. you know? then i justified it saying the mexicans were probably just ripping us off anyway. like that guy was probably already dead or something and they just kept that there like a tip jar. >> oh, lord. another braid come down. i'm not going there. >> i tried. when i start doing the next braid, this braid comes down more. look at this. it won't stay. >> lately, dipiazza also hasn't had much luck at the poker table. he gambles for commissary snacks. >> here's four right now. tone's going to get honey buns and the black guy with the lotion over there is getting mores honey -- more a honey bun, and -- >> you owe me one more. i gave you one more. >> i was up and then went down, and -- so i was just basically giving him what i lost. >> though dipiazza has once again taken a loss, he now has a visit from his primary source of income. his mother, lisa. she's scheduled an appointment

as the jail's visitor center for a video visit with her son. >> one minute past. mom, can you answer the phone if you're not coming? i'm like nervous and people are waiting. i'm like, real pissed now. i don't know. i feel like a total [ bleep ] idiot. >> after half an hour, the video monitor finally clicks on signaling lisa's arrival. >> hi, sweet. i had an appointment. >> hold on. hold on. just let me wait -- half an hour real quick. >> why don't you do that? what did you do to your hair? >> come on, man. >> i had an appointment. i had to do what i had to do. grandma had a flower show at the church. >> and i sat here looking at a screen, looking like the world's biggest douche.

people are laughing at me. i'm ready to freak out. i'm mad at you, and i don't want to be mad at you. i haven't seen you. >> i have a good reason. >> i don't buy the excuses, but whatever. >> look at your hair. really? sweet? >> i got to take a picture of this crappy hair you got. amanda's going to crap herself. your hair is hideous. >> i've had a real bad day. >> do you have a fever? >> no. i lost a little bit of money. >> why? >> playing cards. >> well, don't play cards. >> i have to play cards to eat, because i don't got money. i have to win to eat and i lose and it frustrates me. i hurts me right here when i lose. >> really? i think you're pointing too high. >> it makes me anxious. why didn't you put money in my account? >> because. i'm going to put $10 in your account today, which is going to suck $3 out. so you're going to -- do what you got to do on seven bucks. >> on how much? >> seven, because they take out three. >> seven dollars? >> you know what? wah. don't go to jail if you don't want more than $7 a week. >> i appreciate it all, mom. >> buy some crackers. >> i'm going to gamble it away. >> really? >> try to turn that $7 into $14, and that $14 into $30.

>> really? do you have shoes like those? >> because it was like -- yeah. i had to sell my crocs. >> what? >> i sold my crocs. >> why? >> because i needed to eat. >> are you kidding me? >> it's cool. um -- is there any way that you can ask grandma for $3 so you can put $13 and get $10? >> no. grandma's at the flower -- >> $7? >> no. >> $7 is like -- >> you know what? you know what? do what you got to do. stretch is out. if you need to buy crackers, that's a lesson learned. >> i appreciate everything you give me. >> he is my son. he's my sweet boy. it's just, he ended up with the wrong people at the wrong time. so -- because he made foolish mistakes, he has to pay for

those. you don't shut off your kids because they make mistakes. >> i love you, mom. thank you for coming. >> i love you, too, sweet. >> sorry you didn't have more time to visit, but -- >> i know. >> thank you for the $7. >> i do what i can for you, sweet. can you, please, take a bath? >> no. i love you, mom. bye. >> i love you, too, sweet. bye, honey. >> he's just done some really foolish things. but i know that as he grows, when he gets married, when he has kids, his greatness is yet to come. i've always told him, he's destined for greatness, and he -- he is. he'll show everybody. he'll be fine. coming up -- >> that's my sasquatch print. see that piggy toe? >> scott dipiazza hears from the judge and a major development for the four men accused of home invasion and rape. ♪

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deputy justin flynn is back on the job at the kent county jail after a three-week trip to find sasquatch also known at big foot and with what he says to be -- >> irrefutable proof. irrefutable. squatch's print. you like that? irrefutable, bro. irrefutable proof. that's my sasquatch print. see the piggy toe? >> i do. >> see the toes? squatch. irrefutable proof. to me, it looks like there's a lot of -- justin in it. >> no. no, there's not. >> there's a lot of you in this.

>> that's insanity. >> native american will tell you that this -- is -- what it is. >> come here, jj. look at this. what do you think that is? >> it was locks -- it looks like a crack pipe to me. >> oh -- it's a pencil. >> no. what's this? >> oh. i don't know, man. >> it's a squatch footprint. >> oh, sasquatch foot print. >> what do you think? >> perhaps. >> well, anyways -- >> depends how you're looking at it. >> this guy -- >> insanity. >> you're telling native americans they're wrong to believe in sasquatch? >> you can believe in whatever you want. i don't believe in sasquatch. >> good job, all right, man. >> i'm the only sasquatch on the west side. >> i'm a squatch believer. as a matter of fact, i get out here april 14th. i'm heading out west and on my way. i'm grog it look for squatchs. >> thought you were going to capture it, though. >> dipiazza knows his release date, because his case is now resolved.

he pled guilty to breaking and tenn ener -- and entering into vehicle and is sentenced to one year in the kent county jail in addition to the time already served. >> i knew i would get a year, but i thought he would take into account my eight months and say, okay. you sat eight months. i'm going to sentence you to four months in the kent county jail, but it didn't happen that way. it's a long sentence. you know? >> sentencing is also finally in sight for four other inmates. nearly a year earlier, brandon townes, james hodges and dorian jones all pled guilty to charges related to a home invasion robbery in which a female college student was raped. they could not be sentenced until the case of the fourth co-defendant was resolved. rederick melton proclaimed his innocence.

he has voluntarily spent the past seven months in a sparse segregation cell preparing for trial. now there has been a major development and melton is headed back to general population. after nearly a year of proclaiming his innocence, melton has changed his plea. >> now that i've already pled guilty i'm going to go to prison. so i don't want to be over there until i ride it out. i just came over here. >> when did you decide to plead guilty? >> more evidence was, at the last minute, was brought up against me. so -- i decided that to swallow my pride on some of the charges i didn't do for sure and take the plea, you know. pled no contest. >> what did you plead to exactly? i pled guilty to all charges except csc. i pled no contest to that, those three charges. >> are you saying you were actually there that night? >> i'm saying, yes, i actually

there. i'm not just accountable to everything that happened. >> the worst of the worst, i could get, like, 38 years. best case, 11 years. 11 years, that would be great. that would be great. you know? that's why i pled no context. a -- no contest. that's not saying you're guilty. that's saying, i'd rather not fight it. >> 12 days later the four men are on the eve of their sentencing. >> you nervous? why not? >> i mean, pretty much, know around what i'm going to get. >> what are you looking at? >> 14 to 23. >> how are you feeling? >> nervous. >> tell me what your guidelines are right now. >> from what i hear, they are 13 to 25 years. >> people think about the best going into the courtroom, think, they get the worst. you got to think about the

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address the court all at once. we'll hear from the victim first please. >> do not need to state your name. go ahead, please. >> this whole crime has honestly been the hardest struggle i've ever been there. i've dreaded this whole process. dreaded it for the fact that i have to look at your faces. i've lost countless hours of sleep trying to avoid the nightmares of that night replaying in my head over and

over again. i dreaded it so much that i thought i couldn't do anymore, that i couldn't bear to get up out of bed in the morning, but i did. and i will keep doing it. i hope during your sentence you will reflect on your terrible decisions and actions of wrongdoing, and in your punishment you can become a better person. >> thank you very much. >> one by one, they stand before the judge. >> like to apologize to the victims for my involvement in this event. >> i want to take responsibility for my actions. >> it was never supposed to happen. >> i'd just like to apologize to the victims and all the families and communities. i take full responsible for what i did -- responsibility for what i did. >> i hope high sentence does make me a better person. pretty much all i have to say. >> this horrible series of crimes that occurred almost a

year ago, 26-plus years on the bench. this is one of the worst cases i've seen. each one of the four defendants here pled guilty to criminal sexual conduct. first degree and whether they participated directly or were aiders and abetters, there's no difference in the law. all four defendants were clearly involved. any one of you could have intervened and stopped short of a really horrific criminal sexual assault. >> though each of the four men has agreed to a plea that allows for maximum sentences, they have banked on the judge being lenient. the first to be sentenced is rederick melton. >> first of all, on armed robbery, sentence of this court that you be committed to the

michigan department of corrections for a term of not less than 18 or more than 40 years. and then consecutive to that, you are to serve on home invasion first-degree, a sentence of not less than seven, no more than 20 years. then finally, consecutive to home invasion first degree criminal sexual conduct first degree, serve consecutive term on invasion not less than 18, no more than 40 years with the michigan department of corrections. >> the judge has sentenced melton to a total of 43 to 100 years in prison. then it's on to the others. >> three count of criminal sexu -- counts of criminal sexual conduct, not less than 18, no more than 40 years. term of not less than 20, no more than 40 years. your guidelines are higher, mr. townes, based on your prior

record which includes a criminal sexual conduct offense, a sentence of not less than 25 or more than 40 years. then to be served consecutive to that on home invasion first degree, felony offender, sentence of not less than 12 years, no more than 20 on the sexual conduct. a sentence of not less than 25 and no more than 40 years. are you entitled to file an applicati application. >> thank you, your honor. >> got screwed. i'm going to die in prison basically. >> 20 years, 25 years, that's reasonable, you know. 50 years is something.

>> what did you expect? >> i didn't expect 43. >> what was the worst in your mind? >> the worst was supposed to be like 28. >> no matter what, 43 years. >> yeah. i guess i'll appeal. >> is that your only hope right now is appeal? >> breaking outta is a hope. >> is that what you're thinking about right now? >> yeah. i can prove it, too. you should watch out.

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