The crazed man who allegedly hijacked a packed MTA bus in Queens was indicted on a slew of charges Wednesday — as a judge refused to lower his bail despite the defense attorney’s claim that his client could die on Rikers Island.

Dwayne Gaddy, 44, will remain locked up on the $500,000 bail following his arraignment on the 11-count indictment charging him with kidnapping, assault and grand larceny for the Oct. 27 incident in Cambria Heights.

His Legal Aid lawyer, Kenneth Findelman, told Queens Supreme Court Justice Toni Cimino that Gaddy, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, should be freed under restricted home supervision pending trial.

“Housing him at Rikers is the wrong place,” Finkelman said to The Post outside the courtroom, adding that his client has already been stabbed at the city-run jail and could be in more danger.

“We know that every month one or two people die at Rikers Island and he’s just the kind of person that’s going to die at Rikers Island,” Finkelman said. “That’s what bail reform is supposed to be about.”

As of the end of October, 18 inmates have died in the New York City jail system, the highest total since 2013 and topping the 2021 full-year total of 16, data shows.

Finkelman maintained that his troubled client — who is accused of using a fake gun to commandeer the bus on Linden Boulevard near 197th Street — is “a decent person” with a good job, a wife and two children.

Police said the suspect had “made statements that he was being chased” while holding up the bus.

The driver, a 21-year MTA veteran, quickly opened the doors to let about two dozen passengers escape, but remained trapped inside himself, according to cops.

He was ultimately able to escape by leaping through a window on the bus shortly before Gaddy allegedly smashed it into a utility pole.

“I don’t see that he was threatening anyone,” Finkelman said in court. “It’s very clear that my client, who does suffer from schizophrenia, was delusional during that incident.”

But Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Sam Pellegrino argued that Gaddy, who has now been hit with more serious charges in the indictment, needs to be held on bail, and the judge agreed.

“As of right now he’s indicted with an additional charged of kidnapping in the second degree,” Pellegrino said. “Bail should not be changed at this time.”