Authorities say the brother of Parkland gunman Nicholas Cruz was arrested last week for trespassing at three Virginia schools.
Zachary Cruz, 24, was first seen at the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center Complex in Fishersville on Jan. 25, the County Sheriff's Office said in August. The incident prompted an investigation that includes the Sheriff's Office, Woodrow Wilson Police Department and Virginia State Police.
During the investigation, investigators reviewed surveillance footage from Augusta County Public Schools. On Jan. 25, the agency said it showed Cruz was in facilities at Wilson Middle School, Wilson Memorial High School and Valley Career and Technical Center.
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Zachary Cruz, 24, is charged with trespassing allegedly following the property of three Virginia schools. (Augusta County Sheriff's Office)
“The footage shows Cruz approaching the outside doors, trying to open them, peer inside and showing his efforts to gain unauthorized access,” the sheriff's statement said. It's there.
Cruz was arrested on February 4th and charged with three misdemeanor trespassing.
The day after his arrest, the sheriff's office addressed a video that was live streamed on social media by Cruz's lawyers. Authorities say the cruise doesn't include it being present in school facilities in any county. Cruz was being held at Middle River Regional Prison when the video was filmed.
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Parkland shooter Nicholas Cruz was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for killing 17 people and another 17 people. (Pool Camera/AP)
He was released on February 6th.
Fox News Digital has contacted the school district.
In 2018, Cruz was arrested for trespassing property at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. His brothers shot and killed 17 people (14 students and three staff) in one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern American history. . He was sentenced to prison life in 2022.
People are watching as 17 people begin to destroy the building where 17 people were killed during a 2018 mass shooting at Marjorie Stone Man Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on June 14, 2024. Seventeen people died, and 19 years later, 17 were injured. – A former student fired fire at the school on February 14th, 2018. (Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images)
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In that case, Zachary Cruz's arrest sheet said he hopes to “look back at the school shooting and soak it in.”
