A Circuit Judge has again denied bail for a man accused of opening fire on two men trying to recover a stolen vehicle.

Zachary Bixby is charged as a prior offender and faces enhanced sentencing guidelines if convicted on a charge of unlawful use of a weapon. Bixby waived his formal circuit court arraignment Monday, and Judge Patrick Robb scheduled the case for the trial-setting docket May 26.

Judge Robb denied another request to set bond in the case, ruling for the second time that Bixby is a danger to the community.

According to court documents, Bixby was spotted at a business on King Hill Ave. on April 8 by two people who said they knew the vehicle he was driving was stolen. The witnesses pursued the vehicle to the 9000 block of U.S. Highway 59. Bixby allegedly pulled the vehicle over, got out and fired several shots at the witnesses. One shot hit the hood of the witnesses’ vehicle, according to court documents.

He then allegedly fled on foot to a nearby house, where investigators said he threatened the homeowner and took a pickup truck. According to a court affidavit, that vehicle got stuck in the mud in a nearby field and Bixby was arrested.

As we reported earlier, according to the amended complaint, Bixby has a prior felony conviction in 2012 on a charge of possession of a controlled substance.

Bixby is also charged in Clay County with trying to run down a uniformed police officer after an alleged shoplifting incident at a store in Gladstone, Mo. (click here)