Fort Lauderdale, Florida (CNN) A Florida judge set bond Tuesday at $500,000 for Zachary Cruz, the younger brother of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz, for a misdemeanor trespassing charge, despite protestations from his defense attorney, who said his client was being punished for his brother's crime. 
 
 Appearing via video before the same judge and in the same courtroom as his brother had days earlier, Zachary Cruz stood shackled in a brown jumpsuit and sandals. He was surrounded by three deputies. 
 
 Zachary Cruz, the younger brother of Nikolas Cruz, has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor. 
 
 In an effort to secure a $750,000 bond and stiff restrictions on the younger Cruz's release, prosecutors reeled off theft and criminal mischief pleas from his juvenile record and said he acknowledged to deputies that his Monday visit to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was his third since his brother killed 17 people there on February 14. 
 
 The teen's attorney argued the bond for misdemeanor trespassing is typically $25. 
 
 Ultimately, the judge went with a $500,000 bond and ordered Cruz to wear an ankle monitor. He was also instructed to have no contact with Marjory Stoneman Douglas students or staff, to stay at least a mile away from the school and to have no contact with his brother. 
 
 Deputies will be allowed to search Cruz's home in Lantana for guns, the judge ruled, adding that the teen must submit to a psychological evaluation. 
 
 Hours later, the Broward County Sheriff's Office said it was seeking a "red flag" risk protection order that, if granted by a court, would let law enforcement temporarily seize firearms from Zachary Cruz and prevent him from acquiring new ones. 
 
 new state law lets an enforcement officer temporarily seize firearms from someone they're already taking into custody for an involuntary mental health assessment. 
 
 'Soak it in' 
 
 After Cruz's arrest Monday in Parkland, the 18-year-old told police he wanted to "reflect on the school shooting and soak it in," according to an arrest report. It said the teen had no ties to Broward County and that he "surpassed all locked doors and gates and proceeded to ride his skateboard through school grounds." 
 
 Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie, however, told a local newspaper there was no security breach. Runcie did not return CNN calls seeking comment. A Broward County Public Schools spokeswoman directed questions to the sheriff's office, whose spokeswoman told CNN in an email she'd "look into that and get back to you." 
 
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 The school intends to prosecute Zachary Cruz, the arrest report said, adding that the young man had received "prior warnings by school officials to refrain from entering the school campus." The arrest report did not elaborate on the warnings. 
 
 Cruz has been living in suburban Palm Beach County with Rocxanne Deschamps since he and his brother's adopted mother, Lynda Cruz, died in November 
 
 Deschamps was in New York at the time of his arrest, according to prosecutors. Later, she appeared at a news conference in the city with celebrity attorney Gloria Allred. There, she told reporters that before the school massacre, she had repeatedly warned authorities about Nikolas Cruz's mental state and expressed concern that he was allowed to own guns. 
 
 'I don't want to be alive' 
 
 According to court documents from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Zachary twice spoke with police February 16, two days after the mass shooting . That morning, deputies spoke with Deschamps and Zachary Cruz about a tip authorities had received, the nature of which is redacted from the report. 
 
 An officer with the sheriff's behavioral science unit interviewed Cruz, and a detective later determined the tip was "only rumor at this time" and no further action was taken, the report said. 
 
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 About three hours later, Palm Beach deputies arrived to assist the Broward Sheriff's Office with an interview, according to a separate report. 
 
 Zachary Cruz said he told Deschamps on the night of the shooting, "I don't want to be alive; I don't want to deal with this stuff." 
 
 He also told police that the night after the shooting, he felt as if "someone was trying to get me" and was scared when he thought he heard people outside his home. 
 
 He feels bad for bullying Nikolas 
 
 He said he felt some responsibility for the shooting, according to court documents, and that he felt he could have possibly prevented the tragedy. He also conceded some resentment toward Nikolas for being "the favored brother," according to the report. 
 
 "Zachary explained that he and his friends, when they were younger, had bullied Nikolas, which he now regrets ever doing," the report said. "Zachary wishes that he had been 'nicer' to his brother." 
 
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 A 2014 psychiatric memorandum from Cross Creek School, which serves emotionally and behaviorally disturbed students in Broward County, seems to confirm the bullying. 
 
 After summarizing Nikolas Cruz's oft-violent behavioral issues, the memo reports the behaviors "seem to be exacerbated by his strained relationship with his brother." 
 
 "Ms. Cruz stated that she has found knives and scissors in his bed. She think that he feels he needs to protect himself from his brother," the memorandum said. 
 
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 "It's not a realistic option to kill people," he told police, according to the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office report. 
 
 The officer interviewing the younger brother said he detected no "homicidal ideations at this time" but recommended the teen be evaluated further. 
 
 In closing, the officer wrote, "It should be noted that there is a shotgun and a rifle in the (Rocxanne Deschamps' son's) bedroom and should be secured in a closet." 
 
 Brother faces death penalty 
 
 Nikolas Cruz appears in court last month days after the mass shooting. 
 
 A judge entered a plea of not guilty on Cruz's behalf as the teen was arraigned last week. 
 
 Prosecutors announced in court filings March 13 that they will seek the death penalty against Cruz. They listed several factors, including that he knowingly created a risk of death for many people and that the shooting was "especially heinous, atrocious or cruel." 
 
 A Broward County grand jury indicted Cruz on March 7 on 17 counts of premeditated murder in the first degree and 17 counts of attempted murder in the first degree. 
 
 Zachary Cruz was present during his brother's arraignment, where he was seen wiping away tears. 

 The system that failed to protect the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School from mass shooter Nikolas Cruz cannot afford to make the same mistake with his brother, a Broward prosecutor argued Tuesday. 
 
 Zachary Cruz, 18, poses the same threat as his older brother — and his decision to trespass onto the Stoneman Douglas campus after school Monday is a warning sign that cannot be ignored, Assistant State Attorney Sarahnell Murphy said in court. 
 
 Weeks after his brother “murdered, injured and terrorized” the school, Zachary Cruz showed up on campus “with no legitimate purpose,” Murphy said. “He has all the same flags present as his brother.” 
 
 A judge set bond at $500,000 for Cruz and ordered a host of pretrial conditions more often seen in felony cases than misdemeanors. And before Cruz is released from jail, police are to search his caretaker’s home in Lantana and remove all firearms. 
 
 Later Tuesday, the Broward Sheriff’s Office filed a petition for a “temporary risk protection order” under the state’s new gun law, identifying Zachary Cruz as someone who “poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to himself or others by having a firearm.” 
 
 If granted, the order would give the Sheriff’s Office the legal authority to seize guns found in Cruz’s home and prevent him from purchasing or possessing a firearm for one year. 
 
 In the meantime, authorities involuntarily hospitalized Zachary Cruz for a mental-health evaluation under the state’s Baker Act, according to a sheriff’s news release. 
 
 Deputies said one reason they are concerned with Zachary Cruz, according to the petition, is that they asked him his plans for the future and he responded, “I don’t know right now.” 
 
 His brother Nikolas Cruz is charged with 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the Feb. 14 mass shooting at the Parkland high school. 
 
 Zachary Cruz admitted to police Monday that he rode his skateboard onto the campus, ignoring orders to stay away from the school, to reflect on what his brother had done, according to an arrest report. 
 
 Murphy said Cruz’s late afternoon visit left the Stoneman Douglas community in fear, with some parents refusing to let their teenage children go back to the school on Tuesday. “They have again been terrorized,” she said. 
 
 Broward Sheriff's Office / courtesy Zachary Cruz, 18, was booked into the Broward Main Jail Monday, the same jail where his older brother is locked up. Zachary Cruz, 18, was booked into the Broward Main Jail Monday, the same jail where his older brother is locked up. (Broward Sheriff's Office / courtesy) 
 
 At least one student at the school Tuesday said he thought the bail amount was excessive. 
 
 "I'm not worried about the Cruz family, " said Chris Donnelly, 17, a junior. 
 
 Others said it’s frightening that Zachary Cruz admitted trespassing on the school campus three times since the massacre. 
 
 “That's crazy,” said Josef Bagiv, 16, a junior. “Just weird.” 
 
 Conner Gandy, 17, a senior, said Zachary Cruz should have at least warned people before he visited the school. Cruz’s showing up “frightens everyone,” given how depressed he might be, he said. 
 
 “It's weird and suspicious, but I don't think he would do anything,” he said. 
 
 Since his arrest Monday, Zachary Cruz has had contact in jail with his brother, Murphy said. 
 
 “He has been heard and observed discussing how popular his brother is now,” she said. “That his face is everywhere and his name is national.” 
 
 Murphy said there has been a discussion about starting a pen pal or fan club and the fact that Nikolas Cruz is capable of attracting a lot of girls. 
 
 In court Tuesday, Murphy told Broward County Judge Kim Mollica that it would be irresponsible to treat the new case as a typical trespassing infraction. 
 
 “His mother and father are deceased, his brother is incarcerated,” Murphy said. 
 
 During his arrest, Zachary Cruz gave authorities an address where used to live in Parkland. 
 
 Murphy said the guardian Cruz lives with in Lantana, Rocxanne Deschamps, was in New York when he was arrested Monday and had no idea how or why he went to the school. Deschamps was in New York to participate in a news conference, where she described her family’s hardships from living with Nikolas Cruz. 
 
 If Zachary Cruz is able to post a bond, he will be fitted with an ankle monitor to track his movements, Mollica said. 
 
 He will not be allowed within a mile of Stoneman Douglas or within 500 feet of any school campus. 
 
 He is not to enter Broward County except for court-related business. Cruz would have to raise 10 percent of the bond amount to go free as he waits for his case to be resolved. 
 
 Defense lawyer Joseph Kimok objected to the bond amount, noting that a typical case of trespassing comes with a $25 bond. 
 
 Zachary Cruz “is being held because of who he is related to, not because of anything he did,” Kimok said. “The state has been seeking to make a show of this.” 
 
 Cruz did not speak during Tuesday’s hearing. Kimok and prosecutors declined to comment after the hearing. 
 
 Zachary Cruz also was committed for mental health treatment under the Baker Act after the shooting, Murphy said during Tuesday’s hearing. 
 
 State records show he had two prior run-ins in 2016 with Coral Springs police, being detained on larceny and criminal mischief charges. 
 
 Stoneman Douglas’ school day ends at 2:40 p.m. Zachary Cruz allegedly rode his skateboard across the campus at 4:30 p.m. He spent less than 10 minutes there after entering the north gate on Holmberg Road, the same gate his brother entered on the day of the shooting, and exiting at a gate near the front entrance on Pine Island Road. 
 
 Confessed Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz appears in a Fort Lauderdale courtroom. 
 
 John Mansfield, 17, a junior, said perhaps Zachary Cruz was trying to make sense of the tragedy. 
 
 “I think he's trying to understand like everyone else,” he said. 
 
 Staff writers Tonya Alanez and Scott Travis contributed to this report. 
 
 rolmeda@sunsentinel.com, 954-356-4457, Twitter @rolmeda and @SSCourts
– A Florida state law passed in the wake of the Parkland school shooting could be used to keep the suspected shooter's brother from getting his hands on a gun. Zachary Cruz, the 18-year-old brother of Nikolas Cruz, was arrested on trespassing charges Monday after he was seen skateboarding at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School about two hours after classes ended, police say, per the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Cruz, who'd been warned to keep away, said he'd made his third visit to the school since his brother allegedly killed 17 people to "reflect on the ... shooting," say police. At a Tuesday hearing, however, prosecutors said the teen had "all the same flags" as his brother, seemed to admire his sibling's renown, and talked of starting a pen pal or fan club. Though a $25 bond is typical with a trespassing charge, the judge set bond at $500,000. Should Cruz post bail, he must wear an ankle monitor and keep away from the school and his brother, whom he's visited in jail, per CNN. BuzzFeed News reports he'll also undergo a mental health evaluation. Authorities, meanwhile, are seeking a risk protection order, made possible with a law signed by Gov. Rick Scott last week. Applied in cases of involuntary mental health assessments, the order would allow authorities to temporarily seize firearms in Cruz's possession and block him from acquiring new ones. Cruz's attorney, Joseph Kimok, said Tuesday "the state has been seeking to make a show of this," per the Sun Sentinel. Cruz "is being held because of who he's related to, not because of anything he did."