robert durst was denied bail in a new orleans court room on monday afternoon after a judge deemed him to be a potential danger to others and a likely flight risk the real  estate scion, who is awaiting extradition to california to face a first degree murder  charge, appeared on  local weapons charges in louisiana durst, 71, who is being held in a psych prison ward, appeared in court wearing an orange jumpsuit with his head newly shaven and a surgery scar visible he must remain in louisiana on local weapons charges at least until his next court date on april 2, magistrate judge harry cantrell ruled 'there is a substantial risk the defendant might flee,' cantrell said scroll down for videos  murder suspect robert durst is seen with a newly shaved head as he sits in a hearing in this court sketch in new orleans on monday he was denied bail after the judge deemed him a flight risk and danger to others  robert durst grinned as he was escorted from orleans parish criminal district court to the orleans parish prison after his arraignment on march 17 he was denied bail on monday and deemed a flight risk  prosecutors said durst was considered a flight risk after he dumped his cell phone on the way to new orleans with five bags, abc reported, and was found with a latex mask and bundles of cash in small bills the 71 year old, who has used aliases in the past, also had a texas id in a different name durst's lawyer, dick deguerin, did not seek bail on monday but argued his client's arrest and the search of his hotel room earlier this month in new orleans were improper durst's attorneys have said they plan to seek both to expedite his extradition to la county, where he has been charged with the 2000 execution style murder of longtime friend susan berman the lawyers will also challenge the basis for his arrest on a los angeles county murder warrant earlier this month in new orleans the final installment of the hbo documentary, the jinx: the  life and deaths of robert durst, broadcast evidence that durst's  handwriting appeared to match that of berman's likely killer susan berman was found shot execution style outside her home in la in 2000 her friend, robert durst, was charged with her murder  the 71 year old's voice was then captured on a  microphone saying to himself that he had 'killed them all' long a suspect in the disappearance of his wife, kathleen  durst, in 1982 in new york, durst was acquitted in the  dismemberment killing of his male neighbor in texas in 2003 durst is long estranged from his powerful family with its billion dollar new york real estate holdings the final hbo episode aired one day after durst's arrest at  a hotel in new orleans, where he was staying under an assumed  name he had in his possession more than $42,000 in cash, a  revolver, a stash of marijuana and a latex mask that could fit  over his neck and head, authorities have said he had allegedly been withdrawing $9,000 a day for more than a month he also had an id with the name, everette ward fbi agents arrested durst out of fear he would flee the  country, an fbi spokeswoman has said they suggested that durst may have been attempting to flee to cuba, where direct, non stop flights started from new orleans last saturday maps of new orleans, florida and cuba were found in his hotel room, the new york times reported abc reported that agents were unable to locate durst in new orleans and instead bumped into him in the lobby of a hotel james o'hern, an investigator for the local district attorney's office, testified that authorities tracked durst down after he placed two calls from a phone at the hotel to the voicemail on his personal phone they also found a piece of paper in his room with a tracking number for a package that authorities later seized and found to contain $117,000, o'hern said durst faces local charges of one count of possession of a gun as a convicted felon and one count of possessing a weapon with a controlled substance his lawyer, dick deguerin, has expressed frustration with  the charges, saying he is eager to get durst to california to  clear his name in berman's killing durst was transferred last week to a facility 70 miles  outside of new orleans equipped to handle acutely mentally ill  inmates after the local sheriff's office asserted he was  suicidal, a contention his lawyers disputed robert durst's attorney dick deguerin pictured at court last week he has said he is eager to get durst to california and clear his name in susan berman's killing 
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durst, who is awaiting extradition to california to face a murder charge, appeared on local weapons charges in new orleans on monday . prosecutors said he is a flight risk because he dumped his phone on the way to new orleans and was found with fake id, a latex mask and $42,000 . the murder suspect had 'maps of cuba, florida and new orleans'. the 71 year old multimillionaire was arrested after fbi 'bumped into him' in a new orleans hotel 