$3M cash bail set in Wisconsin border shooting

Posted by Robert Imrie | The Associated Press August 08, 2008 04:32AM AP File Photo Scott J. Johnson MARINETTE, Wis. -- A Wisconsin judge set a $3 million cash bail Thursday for the Michigan man charged with shooting and killing three teens at a river on the state border. Marinette County District Attorney Brent DeBord had asked for $5 million bail, calling Scott J. Johnson an "extreme flight risk" because he spent time in the military and has traveled extensively. Johnson's public defender had asked for $1 million bail. The 38-year-old Kingsford, Mich., man has been charged with three counts of first-degree intentional homicide. According to a criminal complaint, he went to the Menominee River on July 31 and opened fire on a group of swimmers, killing three and injuring one. Two more charges of attempted first-degree... [read full story]