A Spokane, Wash., man accused of helping the fugitive who shot two deputies will remain jailed in lieu of $100,000 bond.

Robert Lee “Bo” Ruth, 42, has seven felony convictions and 15 misdemeanor convictions and has failed to appear in court 20 times, court officials said Friday.

A public defender, Kyle Zeller, noted that Ruth’s latest felony conviction was in 2000.

“He has been doing a good job the last several years, staying completely out of trouble and doing what he needs to do as far as getting treatment and help,” Zeller said. “Obviously, this entire situation is difficult, and I don’t want to comment too much on the facts, but I do know he will come to court.”

But Superior Court Judge Annette Plese noted Ruth’s history of skipping court, as well as the facts surrounding his arrest, when she imposed the prosecution’s requested bond of $100,000.

“Looks like I’ll be residing right here, your honor,” Ruth said through a closed-circuit television from the Spokane County jail.

Ruth is accused of helping hide suspected heroin trafficker Charles Robert Wallace, 41, after Wallace left court-ordered rehab in Spokane Valley. He lied to drug detectives about his involvement with Wallace and allowed Wallace to store motorcycles and other items at his family’s property in north Spokane, police said.

Ruth’s sister, girlfriend and parents attended the hearing but declined to comment afterward.

On Tuesday, about an hour before Wallace is believed to have shot two deputies, members of the Spokane Regional Task Force followed him and Ruth, who were in separate vehicles, from the Alcan Street location to North Newport Highway.

They contacted deputies Matt Spink and Mike Northway and asked them to stop the Chevy Tahoe to identify the three occupants.

Seconds after the Tahoe stopped on Elm Road just off the highway, Wallace exited and opened fire on Spink and Northway. Spink was struck once in the leg; Northway was hit four times, police officials said. Both deputies are recovering.

Police called Ruth just after the shooting and told him what happened, but Ruth said he didn’t know where Wallace was and hung up. He was arrested Wednesday.

Police found $2,529 in the Tahoe, as well as a survival knife and BB gun, according to a search warrant filed Friday.

The search warrant said that Joshua Fowler and Brittany McCullough, 21, were in the Tahoe with their 2-year-old child when Wallace shot the deputies. The couple left Wallace at the scene and abandoned the Tahoe before dropping off the child with a relative.