♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i was diagnosed with this thing called odd, oppositional defiance disorder which is basically like [ bleep ] the man. >> the young inmate with the big personality and the long record now faces another problem. >> he has a gambling problem, but we're trying to work on that. >> 26-plus years is one of the worst cases that i've seen.

>> four other inmates are in jail after a shocking home invasion robbery and rape. >> i've lost countless hours of sleep trying to avoid the nightmares of that night playing in my head. >> one defendant stands apart from the others. >> when you put your mind to it, you have to keep slapping the wall. >> though nothing will prepare him for what's to come. >> get this mike off. i'm done with it. take the [ bleep ] off me. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ by most accounts grand rapids, 20 miles east of lake michigan is an ideal place to live, but like all cities, it has an underside. when crime occurs here or in the outlying areas, the arrested

parties 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 inmates here are accused of crimes and are awaiting time for the resolution of their cases. jail officials take strides to house inmates in a manner that will minimize problems. >> how are you doing? >> good. >> we evaluate everyone that comes in, 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. >> d-1, can you open 42, please? >> we now have a case in the jail that involves four suspects that are involved in a very serious criminal sexual assault and home invasion and the importance of keeping those people separate is a full-time responsibility for us because

you can have some very violent situations where if one of the suspects wants to get to the other one before he talks about the case, his life in danger while he's here. >> the four suspects were booked into the the jail one year earlier on charges of first-degree home invague, armed robbery and first-degree sexa all criminal conduct or rape. a fifth suspect is a 14-year-old boy, housed in the jail's juvenile wing. three of the four adult suspects, dorian jones, james hodges, and brandon towns have pled guilty to all charges and are awaiting sentencing. >> it was supposed to be an in and out breaking and entering. once we got in there, things just went, like, people were getting beat up, tied up and it was basically like everything happened like that. >> towns says he and his co-defendants entered a home during the pre-dawn hours following a party held there the 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 victims 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 have pled guilty, said they did so in hopes of receiving shorter prison sentences than they would have if they were found guilty at trial, but they could still receive maximum consecutive sentences on all their charges. >> i could get 15, maybe 20 years. i'm hoping i just get ten years. >> i know i'm going to do at least ten years. >> if i went to trial and lost it was going to be life. so i rather take something than to go and get my life taken away and never be able to see my son.

>> one year later, the men are awaiting jail, awaiting sentencing and they're required to wait because the the fourth adult suspect melvin has pled not guilty and is taking his case to trial. >> none of the victims were able to i.d. me at the scene or the party. there is no dna evidence against me. there are no fingerprints against me. there is no actual, physical evidence against me. on a will scale from one to ten i'm at a nine about being found innocent. i know, the lord know i didn't do this. he'll judge me. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i know justice will be served. >> when you justice will be served tell me what that means to you. >> me going home, you know? the truth coming out, showing that people are lying, you know, perjury, lying under oath.

>> all of melton's co-defendants are on record saying he played a key role. that he not only participated in the crimes, but was a guest at the party, part of the plan where melton would case the location against the others. >> if he gets found guilty, he'd rather go down saying he fought going down instead of i didn't take no plea like the rest of them, but when you fight you ain't doing nothing, but pissing them off, and you're making the judge and the victims go through this and it's all emotional. so if you do lose you'll get hit with the max. >> melton says his co-defendants lack credibility. >> four against one, that are pretty bad odds, but four criminals, you know? >> even though hodges, jones and towns have pled guilty to criminal sexual conduct, they deny having committed the acts. the victim stated she could not identify their faces because they were masked, but 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 can all identify him being there and then when she seen his body built she -- oh, yeah, he was tall, skinny, this and this and that. >> what does the victim say about you? >> 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. it's like this, the victim said she didn't see anybody. >> what was her description? because she gave a description of the person who raped her, correct? >> somebody dealing with my case, i think we're done here. somebody dipping into my case. i'm done. come get this mike off. i'm done with this [ bleep ]. [ bleep ] back off me.

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♪ ♪ day-to-day operations at the kent county jail in grand rapids are managed by sheriffs deputies. john hess used to be one of them. now as undersheriff, he's the county administrator who oversees the jail and its staff. >> we have some mean, nasty,

ugly people in jail and some really hard core criminals, but the majority of the people are people from our community, they're people that are going back. so i think we try really, really hard here to have our staff understand that these aren't just people. >> deputy justin flinn has 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 and i'm just trying to make their day better. these guys know that i'll talk to them all and we'll joke around and if if theys cross the line they'll get timed in breaking up the mono on the me of jail life is important and there are simple ways to do so. >> the 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 let these guys do is gamble because it's more or less what they do up here. this one right here, that one over there.

♪ >> like horse shoes, like this. like horseshoes? a little farther. >> yeah. >> andre! ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i've been working on it it for months. >> i saw that. >> that's why my head is so big because i have a wealth of knowledge. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it's a success. i think it's going to be good as long as these guys don't -- don't abuse it. >> not everyone shares flinn's enthusiasm. >> he came up with this bean bag idea. i honestly don't think he was serious about it. then they bought it so now he's, like, they think it's a good idea, so now i guess i have to run with it. >> justin's brother john is also a deputy at the jail. >> other than having bald heads, they're complete opposites. >> night and day. >> like, corey, i tried rogaine.

they lie to you. that stuff doesn't make anything grow. >> they think i'm sometimes him and they come up to him and ask me about these crazy stories and i say sorry, i don't know what you're talking about and they look at me like i'm completely lying. they think i'm him. the brothers spend a lot of time together and soon, justin will pursue a dream. >> i'm off the whole month of june and we'll be in washington and oregon and we'll be out there big foot hunting. >> are you going to look for sasquatch? >> yes. >> i don't believe you, man. >> washington state to go squatching. he's taking it to the whole other level. >> too many people are going after the big sasquatch. >> you're going after the little sasquatch. >> you have to worry about the mom and you have to worry about the dad. >> i walked into his house the

other day and he bought a 3 1/2-foot 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 7, 8 foot supposedly? he said no, no, no. that's not what i'm looking for. that's the baby squa it tch. >> three weeks of nothing, but sasquatching. >> in the woods squatching. >> he's calling the big foot hotline. >> you get on the internet and you see where they're at and you stay away from those areas because that's where there are too many people and you want to go where the people are not. you have to play to win. i have my decoy and do some yips and some yelps and we'll get them in. >> yes. you go woop! woop! >> what an idiot! >> you don't really believe this, do you? >> yes.

100%. >> do you have a cage? >> no. i've got two gunses. right there. >> good god. he's lost his mind. >> two guns. >> while his brother remains skeptical, justin has made true believers out of several inmates like scott di piazza. >> i'm going to research where the most skwauch sightings are and then i'm going to go where they're not so i can catch them in the cuts. i learned this from my buddy flynn. >> because you don't want to go to where they're overcalled, it's like turkey hunting. >> because you have to go where they're not like maybe a few miles outside of the sightings. what if i put on a squatch suit. and pretend to be a juvenile? >> that's risky. >> someone might shoot me. the best advice is don't listen to anything he says. >> i'm a believer. this man is probably an idol of mine. i idolize him. he's a mentor. >> i mentor people. >> mentor. >> you just come to work and get

your paycheck. i mentor people. >> for di piazza who was charged with breaking and entering into a vehicle says he's always had a problem with authority. >> i was diagnosed with this thing called odd, opposition defiancy disorder which is basically like [ bleep ] the man. ♪ ♪ >> i do get tested an awful lot because i am small, but i'm no bitch, you know? i'm not a punk. so if people want to go there with me, [ bleep ] it is what it is. i'll bite your ear off and i'll grab your [ bleep ] and twist it. >> he's had numerous run-ins with the law since he was taken. he blames anxiety drugs and alcohol. >> i started drinking in the morning that day and i went over to a buddy's house of mine and i'm, like, hey, give me some of

your pills because he has tourette's disorder and i was snorting them and eating a bunch of them and next thing you know, the next morning my buddy is, like, hey, you broke into all these cars and we told you not to and you brought back all of this stuff. here it is and i'm, like, [ bleep ], you know? >> didpiazza has pled not guilt to prosecutors. he doesn't deny committing the crime. >> i'm kicking myself in the butt because 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, his life in jail revolves around another band activity, gambling. >> they break the doors for day room, and i sit right there at that poker table all day. >> are you all in? call! >> that's my whole daily routine, play poker until lunch, eat lunch, lockdown for an hour

and play poker until dinner. ♪ ♪ >> dipiazza has a gambling problem, but we try to work on that and i try to pull him from the table. >> no gambling. >> no gambling. >> deputy flynn says he'll keep an eye on the bean bag toss to make sure it doesn't turn into a game of stakes. >> we can't be gambling on this because i know how he likes to gamble and this pod likes to gamble, but we try to cut it down. what's the point system? >> the lowest three. >> scott's not a very good gambler, though, in life he needs to just stop gambling and do something else. >> since inmates don't have access to cash, they typically gamble snacks purchased from the jail commissary. dipiazza has relied on his mother to purchase those for

him. >> she told me you're destined for greatness and you need to focus your energy in good ways and not bad ways. i want to do good. i want to make my mom proud. [ bleep ] it. i'm all in. coming up -- >> i gave one. >> scott dipiazza's losses mount and -- the last time we talked to you you kind of got angry. >> and rederick melton explains his angry. r favorite... oh yeah, and frosted! what's your most favorite of all? hmm...the kind i have with you. me too.

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the crimes grabbed headlines and shocked residents of grand rapids. the victims were 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's dipping in my case. i think we're done here. you want to put me in my room. someone's dipping into my case, i'm done. >> melton agreed to speak with us again. >> last time we talked to you. >> it was about i felt 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. >> several weeks earlier, melton was placed in disciplinary segregation for fighting in his maximum security general population unit. he's nowel ij to return to population, and he's requested to put in segregation. >> they ask you if you want to move. i said no. i rather have the concentration down here so i don't move. >> besides working on his case, melton has one other way to pass

time. >> usually growing up i was always at the park playing basketball. so i just feel i can always play basketball. it's my way to power. slap the wall. that's when i score a shot or a point. >> when you put your mind to it, you have to keep slapping the wall. you don't think about nothing, but slapping that wall, you know? so i'm using my strength to slap the wall over and over and over again. >> i'm going to show you how it to do that. >> one of melton's co-defendants, dorian jones has pled guilty to all 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.

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

right 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 towns' 3-year-old son brandon, jr., and the child's mother tanesha have come for a visit. >> brandon and i were together for four years and we split up, but my son wants to see his dad. >> you have to wait until daddy comes on the screen. >> 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. >> hi, baby. >> how are you doing? >> i miss you. >> no. >> you don't miss me? uh-uh. >> you want to fight? >> no, i'm strong! >> tell had him. >> i'm strong! >> you're strong? >> yeah. >> show him your muscles. you have to come right here so he can see you.

show him your muscles. >> ta-da! >> look. . look at da-da. >> see? say i've got bigger muscles. >> i've got bigger muscles. >> does he understand where you're at right now? >> he knows enough that he knows i'm not at my house. he knows that i'm are somewhere else. >> all right. bye. give him big hugs. blow a kiss. blow him a kiss. >> how are you going to explain it to him when he starts asking? >> i'm going to let him know that daddy made a mistake and when people are bad this is where people go and you never want to be bad. >> okay, bye. >> brandon, brandon. 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. >> looking for sasquatch? >> why didn't you put money in my account. >> do what you've got to do, stretch it out. >> scottpiazza gets motherly advice. b, next adventure or at the next exit helping you explore super destinations and do everything under the sun. 12 brands. more hotels than anyone else in the world. so wherever you want to be, whatever you want to do, chances are we're already there. save up to 25% and earn bonus points when you book at wyndhamrewards.com. save up to 25% and earn bonus points i missed you, too.ou. hi buddy. mom! awesome! dad!! i missed you. ♪ oh... daddy.

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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. >> we've got some problems in here. >> yes? >> deputy justin flynn has encountered a peculiar situation. an inmate is lying beneath his bunk and is nonresponsive. >> no sky lark. let's go. >> for security reasons flynn returns all other inmates to the cells before he investigates further. >> this guy was not acting right. he was underneath his bunk and 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 and mental health in case he becomes combative. >> no one will hurt you. >> we got him out of there and medical checked him out and he's good to go now. >> you got it under control now,

just snin. >> barnes, come on out, barnes. >> everything is status quo, co passetic now. >> on that now, deputy flynn is off to pursue a dream. he's headed to the pacific northwest on a three-week quest to find big foot. >> how about your brother? >> actually, i just talked to him two days ago. >> how is he doing? >> he left washington and was going to oregon. he's squatching. >> it's now up to flynn's older brother, deputy john flynn to keep interested staff and inmates up-to-date on his journey. >> he hasn't caught one. i've been watching the news. i'm pretty sure he hasn't caught one. >> i checked on usa today. >> yep. >> another sasquatch believer is 21-year-old scott dipiazza who has decided to try out a new hairstyle for an upcoming visit with his mother. >> i'm trying to get braided and corn rows straight to the back and hopefully it will stick.

>> what's your mom going to say when she sees your hair in corn rows? >> i don't know. she'll probably dig it. she supports everything that i do instead of breaking the law. >> dipiazza is serving time for breaking and entering into a vehicle. he's had a list of minor convicts and he's gotten away with far many more crimes than what he's been caught for. >> i've done some pretty dirt ball [ bleep ]. there was a mexican market i used to go to on the west side. i feel like a dirt ball. there was a picture of the guy in a hospital bed with a whole bunch of hispanic writing, spanish writing, hablo ingles, and i'm real messed up, charity box. well, you know me, being an [ bleep ]. i take off the backpack and put it in my thing and left and there was $150 and i said those

mexicans were ripping us off anyway, like that guy was probably already dead or something and they kept that there as like a tip jar. >> i'm not going -- >> i tried, but when i start doing the next braid this braid starts coming down even more. look at this. it won't even stay. >> lately, dipiazza also hasn't had much luck at the poker table. he gambles for commissary snacks. here's four right now. he will get the honey brown. the black guy with the lotion will get the honey brown. >> you owe me one more. >> yes. >> you owe me one more. i gave one more. >> i was up and then i went down and so i was just basically giving him the -- what i lost. >> 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 at the jail's visitors center for a video visit with 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 on me. 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, sig will naling lisa's arrival. >> hi, sweet. >> i had an appointment. >> hold on -- hold on, let me wait half an hour real quick. >> okay. why don't you do that. >> come on, man. >> i had an appointment and i had to try to do what i had to do. >> if you had an appointment. >> and she had a flower sale at the church. >> and i sat here looking at the screen looking like the world's biggest deutsche. i'm ready to -- >> i have a good reason. >> i just don't buy the excuses. but whatever.

>> look at your hair. really, sweetie? >> i have to take a picture of this crappy hair you've got. amanda will crap herself. your hair is hideous, honey. >> 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 it hurts me right here when i lose. >> really? i think you're pointing too high. >> why don't you put money in my account? >> because i'm going to put $10 in your account today which they'll suck $3 out so you'll have to do what you have to do on seven bucks. >> on how much? >> seven because they take out three. >> $7? don't go to jail if you don't want to live on $7 a week. >> i appreciate it all, mom. >> buy some crackers. i'm going gamble it away. i'm going to try to turn that

seven into 14 and 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. is there any way that you can ask grandma for three more dollars so you can put 13 and get ten? >> no. grandma -- >> $7. >> no. >> $7 is, like -- >> you know what? you know what? do what you've got to do. stretch it out if you need to buy crackers, it'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. thank you for the $7. >> i do what i can for you, sweet. can you please take a bath? >>. i love you, mom. bye. >> i love you, too, sweet. bye. >> 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, see the little pinky toe? >> deputy flynn returns. scott dipiazza hearses from the judge and a major development

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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 as big foot and he's returned with what he says irrefutable proof. >> irrefutable. squatch print. you like that? irrefutable, bro. are irrefutable proof. that's my squatch footprint. see the piggy toe? 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. a native american will tell you that this is what it is. come here, j.j. look at this. what do you think that is? >> looks like a crack pipe to me? >> it's a pencil. >> no, what's this? >> oh, i don't know, man. it's a squatch footprint. >> oh, sasquatch footprint. >> what do you think? >> perhaps. depends on how you look at it. >> this guy -- so 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. i'm the only sasquatch on the west side. >> i'm a squatch believer. as a matter of fact, i get out here on april 14th and i'm heading out west and on my way looking for squatches.

>> scott dipiazza knows his release date because his case is now resolved. in a deal with prosecutors he pled guilty to breaking and entering into a vehicle. he was sentenced to one year in the kent county jail in addition to the eight months he's already served. >> i knew i was going to get about a year in county jail, but i thought that he was going to take into account my eight months, so i thought he was going to say you've sat eight months i'm going to sentence you to four more months in 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 erle willier, brandon towns, 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's voluntarily spent the last seven months in a sparse segregation cell preparing for trial, but 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. so i just came over here. >> what made you decide to plead guilty? >> more evidence at the last minute was brought up against me so i decided to swallow my pride on some of the charges i didn't do for sure and take the plea, you know? pled no contest, fight it on appeal. >> what did you plead to, exactly? >> i pled guilty to armed charges except for csc. i pled though contest to that.

those three charges. >> are you saying that you were actually there that night? >> i'm saying yes, i was actually there, i'm just not accountable for 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 contest because that's not saying you're guilty. that's just saying i'd rather not fight it. >> 12 days later, the four men are in the eve of their sentencing. >> are you nervous? why not? >> i mean, pretty much i know what i'll get. >> what are you looking at? >> 14 to 23. >> how are you feeling? >> nervous. >> tell me what you're looking at right now? >> from what i hear they're 13 to 20 years. >> people think about the best and they get the worst, you know

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mr. melton, how are you doing? come on out.

♪ ♪ >> got one for you. >> life is like a box of chocolates. you never know what you're going to get. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> you're like bill cosby. ♪ >> walk out this way. there's a lot of us getting sentenced today! >> i'm ready to get it over with. >> it's been nearly a year since they've seen each other and now it's time for the four men convicted of several heinous crimes that shocked the city of

grand rapids to receive their sentences. the charges are home invasion, armed robbery and criminal sexual conduct. the victim of the latter crime is a female college student. >> rederick melton. >> people versus brandon towns. people versus james hodges, jr. people versus dorian jones. >> for the record we have all four defendants with their respective counsel. mr. becker? >> these cases are ready for sentencing at this point in time and i know there is a victim that wishes to address the court. >> i'll hear from the victim first, please. >> you do not theed to state your name. go ahead, please. >> this whole crime has honestly been the hardest struggle i've ever been through. i've dreaded this whole process.

because i've had to look into your faces. i've lost countless hours of is sleep replaying that in my head over and over again. i dreaded it so much that i thought i couldn't do any more they couldn't bear to get out of bed in the morning, but i did and i'll 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. >> i would just like to apologize to the victims for my involvement in this event. upon. >> i just want to take responsibility for my actions. >>ed what to her was never supposed to happen. >> i would just like to apologize to the victims and all of the fallies and the community and the court system and my family as well, and i take full responsibility for what i did. >> i hope my sentence does make me a better person. that's pretty much all i have to say. >> you know this is horrible

series of crimes that occurred almost a year ago, 26 plus years on the bench, this is one of the worst cases that 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 arc abetters, there's no difference in the law. all four of these defendants were clearly involved. any one of you could have intervened and stopped it short of a criminal sexual assault. >> though each has agreed for to a plea, they have banked on the judge being lenient. the first to be sentence side rederick melton. >> first of all, on armed

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

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

reasonable, you know? >> 50 is just to make an example out of me or something. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> what did you expect? >> i didn't expect 43. >> what was the worst in your mind? >> like 28. no matter what, 43 years. >> is that your only hope right now? the appeal? >> breaking out. >> is that what you're thinking about right now? >> yeah. i could do it with you. you should watch out.

due to mature subject matter viewer discretion is advised. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> with more than 130 prior stays. >> he's been coming in here for a long time so everybody knowses randy hudson. a well-known inmate is back in jail. >> he's the nicest guy in the world when he's sober and when he's drunk he can be such an a-hole. alcohol drives a former marine to violence. >> i hit him once and knocked him to the ground and i hopped on and startedni