FOXNews.com: Cleveland Suspect Now the 'Captive,' Prosecutor Says, as Bail Set at $8M

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Cleveland Suspect Now the 'Captive,' Prosecutor Says, as Bail Set at $8M May 9th 2013, 15:36 By Edmund DeMarche Published May 09, 2013 FoxNews.com Ariel Castro appears in a Cleveland courtroom where a judge set bail at $2 million each charge.Fox News Ariel Castro, the man police say kidnapped and held captive three girls for over a decade, was arraigned inside Cleveland Municipal Court Thursday morning where the judge set bail at $2 million for each criminal count he faces. Ariel Castro, who wore a navy blue jumpsuit and tucked in chin inside his collar at the hearing, did not speak and was read the charges of four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape. Brian Murphy, the assistant prosecutor, said Ariel Castro kidnapped the three women to use them in a 'self-gratifying,' 'self-serving' way. "Two of these victims endured this horrifying ordeal for over a decade, a third for close to a decade," he said. Murphy said the victims were bound, sexually assaulted and beaten. They were not allowed to leave the home, he said. His brothers, who were initially arrested in connection with the investigation, were alongside him in the courtroom after spending four days in jail, but evidence did not support kidnapping charges against them. Pedro Castro, one brother, pleaded no contest to an open container charge and Onil Castro had minor misdemeanors from 12 years ago dismissed. Ariel Castro, 52, who lived in the downtown Cleveland area for 39 years, had no prior felony convictions and was living on unemployment payments.

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