FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The gunman who murdered 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018, has been behind bars for over 1,700 days.
Since the day of his arrest, confessed killer Nikolas Cruz has been housed inside the Broward Main Jail, and that has cost the Broward Sheriff’s Office nearly $2.6 million, according to a court motion filed Friday. The motion says the Sheriff’s Office is seeking to recover the maximum amount they’re entitled to under Florida law: $250,000.
The cost of housing Cruz in the jail between Feb. 14, 2018, and Wednesday, when the motion was written, totaled $321,659.34. The vast majority of expenses incurred by the Sheriff’s Office came from paying overtime to the deputies who watched him in his cell, the motion says.
