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Zachary Cruz, brother of school shooter Nikolas Cruz, gets 6 months' probation for trespassing - CNN
Was he being punished for his brother's crime?
Zachary Cruz faced a second-degree misdemeanor with a bond that is typically $25. Instead, the judge in Cruz's case set bail last week at $500,000, ordered a psychological evaluation, electronic monitoring and no communication with his older brother.
In his first court appearance through closed-circuit TV on March 20, Cruz was shackled and surrounded by three armed deputies, uncommon for someone appearing on a trespassing charge.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/25/us/nikolas-cruz-warning-signs/index.html
His attorney described him as a victim of "hysteria" due to the massacre.
Prosecutors mentioned three earlier crimes to which Cruz pleaded guilty, but records from the Broward County Sheriff's Office and Coral Springs police show his encounters with law enforcement were much more extensive.
He is named or referenced in at least 36 incidents, investigation and call reports between 2011 and 2017.
Was he being punished for his brother's crime?
Zachary Cruz faced a second-degree misdemeanor with a bond that is typically $25. Instead, the judge in Cruz's case set bail last week at $500,000, ordered a psychological evaluation, electronic monitoring and no communication with his older brother.
In his first court appearance through closed-circuit TV on March 20, Cruz was shackled and surrounded by three armed deputies, uncommon for someone appearing on a trespassing charge.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/25/us/nikolas-cruz-warning-signs/index.html
His attorney described him as a victim of "hysteria" due to the massacre.
Prosecutors mentioned three earlier crimes to which Cruz pleaded guilty, but records from the Broward County Sheriff's Office and Coral Springs police show his encounters with law enforcement were much more extensive.
He is named or referenced in at least 36 incidents, investigation and call reports between 2011 and 2017.