![]() I’m going to send you to Virginia,” the Post quoted Brown as saying.ĬNN reports that outside the courthouse Zachary Cruz told the TV news network that he plans to dedicate himself to ending bullying and that he believes bullying played a role in his brother’s actions. Judge Melinda Brown told him his planned move to Staunton, Va., “seems to be a wonderful opportunity,” according to a report by the Washington Post. With that as a backdrop, attorneys for Nexus Services accompanied Zachary Cruz to court in Broward County on May 11 where he asked a judge to allow him to move to Virginia and transfer his probation there. Two days later a judge agreed to release him on condition that should he drive without a license again he could be subjected to a jail term of two months. His situation became more complicated on May 1, according to CNN, when he was arrested again in Palm Beach County for allegedly driving an SUV without a driver’s license and for being too close another school, both of which violated the terms of his probation. The release terms also prohibit him from contacting his brother Nicholas and any of the Parkland shooting victims or survivors, including those who were his friends, and that he not enter the grounds of any other school. Among the terms of the probation was that he would wear a GPS monitor and stay at least one mile away from Stoneman Douglas School. 14 shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in which 17 students and faculty members lost their lives.Īn arrest report for Zachary Cruz says he told Broward County sheriff’s deputies he skateboarded through the school’s grounds in March because he wanted to “reflect on the school shooting and soak it in.” CNN has reported that Zachary Cruz entered the school grounds after having been warned by school officials to stay off the school property.ĬNN reports that on March 29 Zachary Cruz pleaded no contest to the trespassing charge and was sentenced to six months’ probation. Zachary Cruz’s brother, Nicholas Cruz, 19, has been charged with multiple counts of murder for the Feb. The company’s founder and CEO, gay rights advocate Mike Donovan, has said Nexus intervened in Zachary Cruz’s case after it determined that authorities in Broward County, Fla., had treated him unfairly by persuading a judge to set bond at $500,000 for a simple trespassing offense that normally is just $25. The company specializes in arranging for the release of detained immigrants and others through bail secured by requiring them to pay for and wear ankle bracelets with a GPS tracking device while they await court appearances.
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