Judge to rule on Mahon bond request July 28
By Shaw News Service
A Davis Junction man, facing conspiracy charges in connection with a 2004 bombing in Arizona, remains in custody pending a July 28 hearing in Phoenix.
Daniel Mahon, 58, is scheduled to be transported to Arizona to appear before U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow.
Snow ruled July 8 that Mahon has a right to attend his next court hearing in Arizona.
On July 1, Magistrate Judge P. Michael Mahoney, Rockford, ordered Mahon’s release on a $50,000 cash bond, but federal prosecutors appealed that decision, saying he posed a danger to the public and was a flight risk.
Mahoney ruled Mahon was not a danger to the community and could be released, as long as the source of his $50,000 cash bond was known and accepted by the court.
On July 6, Mahon’s father, William, told Mahoney he could pay the $50,000 bond with money from his own personal savings account.
Defense attorney Dennis Ryan has said his client does not have a criminal record and should be granted bond.
Daniel and his twin brother Dennis Mahon are charged with conspiracy to damage buildings and property by means of explosive.
The charges stem from a bombing on Feb. 26, 2004, when a package detonated in the hands of Don Logan, Scottsdale’s diversity director at the time. The explosion injured Logan’s hand and arm and hurt a secretary. Logan is black.
The brothers were taken into custody at 6:45 a.m. on June 25 after federal agents and Ogle County Sheriff’s deputies searched their parent’s home at 5794 Blackwood Road east of Davis Junction.
Agents from the US. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) and U.S. Postal Inspection Service said they found assault rifles, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), bullet proof vests, and white supremacist materials in the home.
Daniel was allegedly a member of the White Aryan Resistance and a recruiter for the KKK, according to the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups.
Dennis is alleged to have been a prominent player in white supremacist groups for 15 to 20 years, leading the Ku Klux Klan in Oklahoma in 1991, recruiting neo-Nazis and skinheads in the former East Germany and later joining the White Aryan Resistance, according to the center.
Dennis is also charged with malicious damage of a building by means of explosive and distribution of information related to explosives.
Mahoney denied bond for Dennis earlier this month ruling he was a danger to the community and posed a flight risk.
Further court dates for both Mahons will be held at the United States District Court of Arizona—where the charges originated.
