Bail set at $30 million in Dugard kidnap case

Phillip Greg Garrido sits in court during his arraignment in the El Dorado Superior Court in Placerville, California, August 28, 2009.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California judge set $30 million bail on Monday for a man accused of kidnapping, raping and holding captive an 11-year-old girl for 18 years.

El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister called Phillip Garrido, 58, a flight risk and threat to public safety as he set bail, court spokeswoman Jackie Davenport said.

The judge also agreed to a defense-requested psychological evaluation for the convicted rapist and registered sex offender, who police say held 29-year-old Jaycee Dugard in a run-down backyard collection of tents and shacks for most of her life.

Garrido and his wife Nancy, 54, have both pleaded not guilty to 29 criminal counts that include kidnapping for sexual purposes, forcible lewd acts and rape.

The pair snatched Dugard from a street near her South Lake Tahoe home on June 10, 1991, when she was 11, and kept her captive in the makeshift compound behind their home for nearly two decades, police say.

Authorities say Phillip Garrido, who served 10 years in federal prison for the rape of another woman, fathered two girls with Dugard, who also lived in the backyard sheds.

Investigators also found a sliver of bone that may be human in a neighboring yard where Garrido once lived and will compare the DNA to a list of unsolved murders.

Garrido aroused the suspicion of police while trying to proselytize at the University of California at Berkeley.

(Editing by Dan Whitcomb and Cynthia Osterman)