On March 14, 2017 a Cleveland-based music artist and a former high school basketball standout were among three members of a street gang sentenced for a 2016 gang-related gunfight in Cleveland Heights. Rapper Crayshaun "Lil' Cray" Bates and tall guy Xavier Eberhardt were both sentenced to the minimum of four years in prison. Prior to reading their sentence, Court of Common Pleas Judge Robert McClelland stated that he was saddened by the case, which to him represented a waste of lives and talent. "Your lives matter, but you're treating each other like they don't," said the judge. Bates, performing under his “Lil’ Cray” moniker, had opened in July 2016 for T.I. at Quicken Loans Arena, and was up-and-coming in Ohio's hip hop scene before his legal troubles captured center stage. Now, turning to this video: Bates also pleaded guilty to attempted bribery of two Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department deputies. The deputies showed up at his house after he missed his curfew - a condition of Bates’ release while trial was pending. When they found Bates he was (a) almost incoherently drunk, and (b) running a gambling operation in his basement. Sobriety was another condition of Bates' release, and the gambling thing... well, that was overshadowed by Bates' repeated attempts to "work something out" with deputies, culminating in an offer of $35,000 cash. This is the only footage from that incident — and it's only available here on Real World Police. *Bates does not state the dollar amount loudly enough to be heard in this video, however Mr. Cray can be clearly heard making repeated attempts to "work something out" with the deputies, even requesting that they disable their body-worn cameras. (They declined.) ~~~ Follow us on Twitter @realworldpolice ~~~ Do you have independently verifiable inside information on a story we are or should be covering? Email tips@realworldpolice.com. Your identity will not be revealed without your consent. Because we receive dozens of tips daily we cannot respond individually to every submission. If we need more information from you someone will be in touch. Remember: we don't publish footage that has already been published elsewhere. Please don’t send links to news articles. ~~~ Want to help make Real World Police happen and get rewarded for it? Become a supporter on Patreon today! Supporters get access to: -Exclusive full-length Real World Police videos -The Roadcam series -Supporting documentation: police reports, court records, and other investigatory material -Material from cases not shown on the main channel, like the arrest of Chris Hansen and the detention of T-Pain that one time he accidentally tried to bring a gun through airport security -Early access to some videos -And more! https://patreon.com/realworldpolice Rather not? That's totally fine. There are more than 490 free videos to enjoy!