Nikolas Cruz’s brother trespasses, held on bond,

FORT LAUDERDALE — A judge set an unusually high $500,000 bond on Tuesday and imposed a host of other restrictions for the brother of the Florida school shooting suspect, who was charged with trespassing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

A prosecutor said Zachary Cruz, 18, expressed admiration for his brother Nikolas Cruz’s fame since the Feb. 14 shooting and that they had discussed whether it might attract girls and pen pals.

“He has been heard observing how popular [his brother’s] name is now,” said Assistant State Attorney Sarahnell Murphy at a hearing. “Weeks after his brother murdered, injured and terrorized at the school, [Zachary] was there. Many [parents] kept their children home today. They have again been terrorized.”

Prosecutors said it was the third time he had visited the campus even though he was warned to stay away.

Broward deputies arrested Zachary Cruz on Monday afternoon, saying he rode his skateboard onto the campus. He is in the same Fort Lauderdale jail where Nikolas Cruz is being held.

Attorney Joseph Kimok, who is representing Zachary Cruz, said the bond and conditions were far out of proportion to the trespassing offense.

“He is being held for who he is related to, not for anything he did,” Kimok said.

According to an arrest report, Zachary Cruz told officers he came to the school to “reflect on the school shooting and soak it all in.” He did not resist arrest and the report made no mention of any weapons.

Trespassing is a misdemeanor that usually carries only a $25 bond. But Murphy asked for $750,000 and a host of conditions, most of which the judge approved.

Broward County Judge Kim Theresa Mollica ordered Zachary Cruz to wear a GPS ankle monitor and stay away from schools — particularly Stoneman Douglas High — if he is released.

The judge also ordered a search for weapons and ammunition at the Palm Beach County home where he is living with a family friend. He is not to visit his brother in jail.

Zachary and Nikolas Cruz shared the same biological mother but had different fathers. Both were adopted at young ages by Roger and Lynda Cruz, who moved them into their Parkland home. Lynda Cruz died in November, and their father died some years earlier.

Zachary Cruz, who turned 18 a week after the school shooting, has been living in Lantana with a family friend, Rocxanne Deschamps, since their mother’s death.