Iowa cop killer is seen in court for the first time since being charged with murder - and his bail is set at $10 million 

  • Man who killed two police officers has appeared in court for the first time
  • Scott Michael Greene, 46, shot dead two Iowa officers on Wednesday 
  • Greene appeared in the Polk County Jail in Des Moines on Friday morning
  • The alleged cop killer did not say a word during his short initial hearing
  • 46-year-old was handcuffed throughout, and bail was set at $10 million 
  • Greene  turned himself in to police after ambushing the two Iowa officers  

By Liam Quinn For Dailymail.com

Published: 12:19 EDT, 4 November 2016 | Updated: 14:21 EDT, 4 November 2016

The man accused of shooting dead two Iowa police officers has made his first appearance in court after being charged with their murders.

Scott Michael Greene, 46, had a short hearing at the Polk County Jail in Des Moines on Friday morning.

He wore a pink prison jumpsuit and glasses. He was handcuffed, and appeared to have a bandaid on the inside of his left arm near his elbow.

Scott Michael Greene (middle), the man accused of shooting dead two Iowa police officers, has made his first appearance in court after being charged with their murders

He stared straight ahead during the short hearing and did not say a word.

His bail was set at $10 million. 

He has been charged charged with two counts of first-degree murder.

If convicted, he would receive an automatic sentence of life in prison without parole. A statement from Des Moines police said the investigation has produced probable cause to support the charges. 

Scott Greene, 46, appeared at the Polk County Jail in Des Moines on Friday morning

Greene had on a pink prison jumpsuit and glasses. He was handcuffed, and had appeared bandaid on the inside of his left arm near his elbow

It was also revealed Greene was arrested on Wednesday with the handcuffs that had belonged to the patrolmen who were killed in ambush-style attacks, Des Moines Sgt. Anthony Beminio, 39, and Urbandale officer Justin Martin, 24. 

Greene surrendered to a state Department of Natural Resources officer in Dallas County about 9am. 

Greene, an unemployed father who lived in the Des Moines suburb of Urbandale, was behaving erratically and was increasingly desperate for money in recent weeks, court records show.

District Judge Carla Schemmel ruled Tuesday Greene had committed elder abuse against his 66-year-old mother, Patricia Greene, by 'physically hitting and financially exploiting' her. She ordered him to move out of his mother's home, where he had been living in a basement bedroom, before November 6 and to stay away from the home for a year.

Urbandale police officer Justin Martin, 24 (right), and Des Moines police Sgt Anthony Beminio, 39 (left), have been identified as the officers killed in the shootings

Greene, pictured waving a Confederate flag in front of African American fans at a football game, allegedly shot and killed two officers in separate ambushes on Wednesday

Patricia Greene had applied for the restraining order Oct. 19, two days after she was arrested and charged with striking her son in the face during an altercation that he recorded with his cellphone. 

She wrote in the application that she believed her son 'set me up to get me in trouble.' 

Patricia Greene wrote that while she was in jail, her told one of her friends she needed to give him $20,000 and that if his mother paid, 'he would move and not bother' her again.

Both shootings happened in the Des Moines suburb of Urbandale, where the local police department has just 50 officers 

District Judge Carla Schemmel ruled Tuesday Greene had committed elder abuse against his 66-year-old mother, Patricia Greene (pictured)

The 66-year-old also wrote that her son had sent an acquaintance 'a bunch of rambling, offensive' text messages, warned that he would no longer take care of her cat and was going through her personal belongings. She said her son had subjected her to mental, emotional and financial abuse.

A temporary protective order was issued Oct. 20. Schemmel issued the permanent order during Tuesday's hearing, where it was served on Greene. 

The order, which warned that any violations would lead to his arrest, also directed Greene to return $10,000 to his mother and to not take any of her assets. 

The first officer was shot dead in his squad car at 1:06am outside Urbandale High School. The first crime scene pictured above

The second shot officer was found inside this parked cop car at the intersection of Merle Hay Road and Sheridan Drive around 1:26am (pictured above)

Beminio, 38, and Martin, 24, were shot after 1 a.m. Wednesday while sitting in their patrol cars in separate incidents less than 2 miles apart. Several bullets were fired into the vehicles. 

The .223-caliber rifle believed to be used was discovered Wednesday by a police dog apparently hidden in a wooded area 'where no person probably could have found it,' said Des Moines police spokesman Sgt. Paul Parizek.

Parizek thanked the community for its outpouring of support and said the officers represent 'the security blanket you guys sleep under every night.' He said a motive for the shootings remains unclear.

It also emerged on Thursday that Greene had a pro-Donald Trump sign in the yard outside the home he shared with his mother.

It was reported on Thursday Greene has a 'Trump Pence 2016' sign in the yard of the house he shares with his mother

Bullet holes are seen on the side of the first cop's car targeted in the attack 

Neighbors say the sign was put up in the yard about two weeks prior to the shooting.

A Facebook account belonging to Patricia Greene has a number of pro-military and Blue Lives Matter posts. She does not mentioned Donald Trump by name in her comments.

One post, which was shared last month, reads: 'KILLING A POLICE OFFICER SHOULD BE A MANDATORY DEATH SENTENCE.' 

Having the sign in his front yard does not in any way link the shooting to the Republican presidential nominee.  

Beminio had been promoted to sergeant last year after about 10 years on the police force

Martin (pictured second right) graduated from Simpson College in 2015 - the same year he joined the Urbandale Police force 

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