. >> robert bailey also ate some of merithew's sandwiches. >> we're not talking about somebody getting a cold. we're talking about hiv, which is a life threatening and life debilitating disease potentially. so -- it's pretty scary. i mean -- anxious to say the least. >> all right, fellas. here you go. >> taken extremely seriously. i had medical come up and talk to the individuals that wanted to be talked to. we got some of the sandwiches that he had handed out, and they'll be tested. >> some of merithew's sandwiches were recovered from the trash. those would be sent to an outside lab for testing. while the jail's medical staff conducts blood tests on the inmates who ate the other sandwiches. >> gonorrhea, syphilis. the hiv virus seems to be the one they're least worried about because outside the body it doesn't live long. if they come up positive, then that's up to the administration on what to do. >> here on a misdemeanor charge, i don't want to go home with a life sentence. >> whether he said it joking or not, i don't believe it was a joke. he was a menace to the world. that's why th