COEUR d'ALENE — A request to reduce Kyle Odom's $500,000 bond was denied Thursday by Kootenai County District Court Judge James Stow.

Odom, 30, faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted on charges associated with the shooting of pastor Tim Remington in the parking lot of The Alter Church in Coeur d'Alene on March 6. During a hearing at the Kootenai County jail Thursday morning, Kootenai County Deputy Public Defender Lisa Chesebro told Stow her office was making the bond reduction request so Odom would not have to be held in the maximum security wing in the jail, adding that the bond amount requires jail officials to house him there.

"This allows the jail to establish where is best to house Kyle," she said. "Reduce it by $1 even. We are just trying to get Kyle out of maximum security."

Chesebro added that, since the charge in the case was amended from attempted murder to aggravated battery, the bail amount was "excessive."

At the hearing, Odom was shackled and wearing a red jumpsuit with a matching red paper bracelet, which indicates he is a high-risk inmate. His hands were folded, with his index fingers outstretched touching each other while pointing straight ahead, while Stow informed him the aggravated battery charge carries a maximum of 15 years in prison, and he could face another 15 years if convicted due to a felony deadly weapons enhancement attached to the charge.

"Yes, your honor," Odom replied when Stow asked if the Coeur d'Alene man understood the charges he is facing.

Kootenai County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Jed Whitaker told Stow he would object to any sort of bond reduction in the case. The amended charges, he added, make the likelihood of conviction and jail time more likely in the case, and do not change the severity of the crime Odom is accused of committing.

Whitaker called Odom a high risk to the community, as well as a flight risk. To illustrate this point, Whitaker described the events that took place after Odom allegedly shot Remington.

On March 7, Odom boarded a flight from the Boise Airport to Washington, D.C. Whitaker said law enforcement officers were able to locate Odom by tracing his cellphone to a hotel three blocks away from the White House, where he was eventually arrested by Secret Service agents after being seen throwing flash drives and other items over the fence.

Odom became visibly agitated while Whitaker was describing the events and began scoffing and moving in his chair. Chesebro began whispering to her client, in an apparent attempt to calm him down.

"I don't care," Odom responded quietly. "He's lying."

Stow sided with Whitaker on the bond reduction request, stating there is significant concern for public safety and the internal policies of the jail are not relevant to the request.

"The bond, as set, is appropriate," Stow said.

Chesebro also requested additional hearings in the case be postponed for at least a month, telling Stow her office had just received 129 additional pages of information from the prosecutor's office. She added that the public defender's office would also like to evaluate Odom's competency to stand trial prior to any future hearings.

Whitaker did not object to the continuance request, which was then approved by Stow.