Raulie Casteel could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted of a fresh batch of charges in the I-96 sniper spree case.
During a Novi District Court arraignment, Judge Judge Dennis N. Powers denied bond for the attempted murder charges, which include the possibility of life in prison. Casteel participated via video link from the Livingston County Jail.
For each incident, he's also charged with felonious assault and discharging a weapon from a motor vehicle, as well as multiple counts of felony firearm possession, as multiple media sources report.
Casteel now faces 66 charges between Oakland and Livingston counties. Charges are in Ingham County are expected next week.
Gus Burns of MLive Media Group, who was among journalists at Friday's hearing, reports:
"These are crimes that show a grave indifference to the lives of others," Oakland County Prosecutor Kenneth Frazee III argued, "and we think that this threat of terror calls for a high bond or no bond."
A court employee who interviewed Casteel before his arraignment told the judge the defendant returned to Michigan from Taylorsville, Ky. about six months ago. He told the pretrial services interviewer that he had been unemployed for two years after working for eight months with the U.S. Department of Energy in Kentucky.
Casteel's wife, father, stepmother and another female family member were in the Novi court. The defendant has a 2-year-old daughter, according to his attorney.
His mother worries her son is mentally ill, she told the Detroit free Press this week.
