Carlo Lamarr-Marquis Owens, a former Ohio State student charged with two campus-area murders and two armed robberies, was not present in court Friday morning when his bail was set at $1.5 million. When asked for a plea from their client, Owens’ attorneys for the arraignment, Jerry Sunbury and David Young, said that Owens pleaded to remain silent.Owens has been charged with two counts of aggravated murder stemming from the Jan. 14 deaths of Loretta Long and Patrick Pryor in Long’s apartment at 130 W. Norwich Ave. He has also been charged on two counts of aggravated robbery in connection with a Jan. 24 incident at 156 E. 13th Ave., and an early Thursday incident at 180 E. 12th Ave.At the arraignment, Sunbury requested that Judge Steven Hayes consider that Owens is an 18-year-old man with no prior record when setting his bail.Owens majored in international business administration while attending OSU, and was trying to enroll in classes again, Sunbury said. OSU spokeswoman Ruth Gerstner confirmed that Owens attended classes in Autumn Quarter 1997 and Winter Quarter 1998.More recently, Owens worked part-time at the Fisher College of Business, Sunbury said.He described Owens as a bright and articulate young man who conducted himself in a gentlemanly fashion.”He was not an aggressive type of person; he was kind of a scholarly-type fella,” Sunbury said. “The fella seems to spend time reading poetry, writing music, reading books.”When asked, Sunbury denied that Owens used drugs.”There is no indication that he had any type of drug problem,” Sunbury said.Police arrested Owens early Thursday morning behind 185 E. 14th Ave. after they received a report of an armed robbery at 180 E. 12th Ave.News of the arrest came as a shock to Owens’ friends.”I think [the Columbus Division of Police has] made a big mistake and that will come to the surface,” said Owens’ former roommate, who declined to give his name. “I’ve had intimate conversations with him. He’s a good guy.”Owens’ attorney at the arraignment, Sunbury, has defended high-profile OSU students in the past. In 1997-98, Sunbury defended OSU football wide receiver Ken-Yon Rambo after Rambo was arrested on charges of drug abuse, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Rambo pleaded no-contest to a reduced charge of refusal to disperse and was fined $50. Sunbury also defended former OSU football players Tom Hoying and Mike Vrabel in 1995-96 when the two were charged with assault, a first-degree misdemeanor. Hoying and Vrabel pleaded guilty to lesser charges of disorderly conduct, a minor misdemeanor, and were sentenced to 30 hours of community service and fined $100 each, plus court costs.Owens’ pre-trial hearing is set for 10 a.m. on Friday at the Franklin County Municipal Court.