Parkland School Shooting Suspect Getting 'Piles Of Letters' From Fans

Kara M. O'Neil of Fulton and Michael Shawn Kennedy of Hollywood Fla. are accused of stealing teddy bears plaques pinwheels and other items from a fence near Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Provided

Kara M. O'Neil of Fulton and Michael Shawn Kennedy of Hollywood Fla. are accused of stealing teddy bears plaques pinwheels and other items from a fence near Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Provided

Sarahnell Murphy, an assistant state attorney in Broward County, recently said in court that Cruz's brother, Zachary, who was recently arrested on a trespassing charge after officials said he visited the scene of the Parkland shooting, had been overheard "discussing how popular his brother is now". Cruz, shackled and wearing a brown jumpsuit Thursday morning, pleaded no contest to trespassing.

Judge Kim Theresa Mollica ordered that Zachary Cruz be placed on house arrest with a Global Positioning System monitor if he posts bond.

His attorney filed a motion for his client's release, calling his treatment immoral, reprehensible, unlawful and unconstitutional. "We were going to build a memorial in a tree because, well, we were drunk", she said. "He watched his mother slowly weaken and die just four months ago".

"Then in February, the only family member that he had left, his brother, murdered 17 people in cold blood".

Cruz didn't expect to see anyone when he went to the Parkland school, the lawyer said.

Zachary Cruz, 18, was arrested on March 19 for trespassing at the school where his brother, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, allegedly gunned down 17 people on February 14. According to a 2017 analysis of fatal and nonfatal childhood firearm injuries compiled by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black children face the highest rates of firearm mortality - a difference largely driven by black youth being more likely to be shooting victims than children from other racial groups.

Was he being punished for his brother's crime?

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Cruz's bond was originally $25, which is typical for such a charge. Instead, the judge in Cruz's case set bail at $500,000, ordered a psychological evaluation, electronic monitoring and no communication with his older brother.

Zachary Cruz is sworn in during a bond hearing in Broward court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., March 29, 2018.

His attorney described him as a victim of "hysteria" due to the massacre.

Deputies had responded after a 911 caller said a man was "ripping posters down and picking up items from the crosses", according to the incident report.

Zachary Cruz was sentenced to time served and six months of probation.

Congressman Alcee Hastings called for a ban on all assault weapons, and students from Stoneman Douglas and schools throughout the county spoke of the critical and urgent need for laws that will prevent future attacks on schools.

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