Bail set at $30 million in Dugard kidnap case
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California judge set $30 million bail on Monday for a man accused of kidnapping, raping and holding captive an 11-year-old girl for 18 years.
El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister called Phillip Garrido, 58, a flight risk and threat to public safety as he set bail, court spokeswoman Jackie Davenport said.
The judge also agreed to a defense-requested psychological evaluation for the convicted rapist and registered sex offender, who police say held 29-year-old Jaycee Dugard in a run-down backyard collection of tents and shacks for most of her life.
Garrido and his wife Nancy, 54, have both pleaded not guilty to 29 criminal counts that include kidnapping for sexual purposes, forcible lewd acts and rape.
The pair snatched Dugard from a street near her South Lake Tahoe home on June 10, 1991, when she was 11, and kept her captive in the makeshift compound behind their home for nearly two decades, police say.