Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Jane Carroll refused to lower the quantity from $50,000 and in addition placed travel restrictions on the boy should he post bail.
Prosecutor Paul Dedinsky asked Carroll to require that he be released into the custody of a member of the family if he’s released, but that restriction was not imposed.
For the reason that boy has been charged as an adult, Cunningham argued it will be “unheard of” to require a defendant in adult court to remain within the custody of a member of the family on pretrial release, the Associated Press reported.
The judge appeared to agree with Cunningham and required the kid be placed on GPS monitoring if he gets out of juvenile detention, where he’s being held.
The ten-year-old, who relations said has struggled with significant psychological issues, is facing alternate counts of first-degree intentional homicide or first-degree reckless homicide. His attorneys asked that the court drop a second count of reckless homicide, calling it redundant, in response to the AP.
The costs stem from a Nov. 21 incident where the boy allegedly shot his mom within the face after she wouldn’t purchase an Oculus virtual reality headset for him from Amazon. After her death, he reportedly got on the account and purchased the video game.
The judge ordered that he not be placed in shackles or every other sort of restraints. She also forbade media outlets from publishing any personal information concerning the child, including pictures and his home address.
The boy might be back in court Jan. 19 for his next hearing.