Survivors and their parents said they were unnerved by Zachary Cruz’s repeated visits to the school. If convicted, Nikolas Cruz faces the death penalty or life in state prison, if convicted of 17 counts of first-degree murder.īroward County Judge Kim Theresa Mollica set the $500,000 bond on Tuesday, citing the need to protect the Stoneman Douglas community. Kimok had previously argued that Cruz faces a maximum sentence of 60 days in jail and a $500 fine, making his bond and the conditions set for his release “outrageous.”īroward’s chief judge responded to Kimok’s motion with the news that he had spoken to Brown and she “will expedite the matter” and schedule a hearing next week.Ī specific date and time has not been set.Ĭruz is the younger brother of accused Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz. Cruz would act like he’s shooting stuff while the Grammy-nominated song Pumped Up Kicks played in the background, his brother, Zachary, told a detective. Cruz will have spent 20 days in custody on this second-degree misdemeanor.” Zach was taken in by Richard Moore, top right, and Mike Donovan, bottom right. In a motion filed Friday, Kimok said that would be too late: “Mr. EDT Zach Cruz, center, is the brother of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz, top left. Two brothers who share the same last name, now share a rap sheet in Broward County for crimes committed on the same high school campus. In other developments on Friday, a Broward judge said she will reconsider the unusually high $500,000 bond set in the misdemeanor trespassing case against Cruz next week.īroward County Judge Melinda Brown had originally told Cruz’s attorneys that she could not hear arguments on his motion to lower his bond until April 9.
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