[Updated] One of two brothers accused of a lengthy conspiracy that included the 2004 bombing of Scottsdale’s diversity office is scheduled to be freed from federal custody as soon as Monday after a judge determined he was eligible for bail.
Daniel Mahon, who was arrested on June 25 alongside his brother Dennis Mahon in rural Illinois, was granted bail earlier this week after his attorney argued that the weapons and white supremacist propaganda recovered from the men’s home did not amount to a crime, according to WREX-TV in Rockford, Ill., which covered the federal court hearing. Dennis Mahon, who was charged with actually sending the bomb that injured three Scottsdale employees, was denied bail, according to the television station.
Prosecutors argued that the two men were prone to violence, in part because they were secretly recorded after their arrest saying, “We should have had a shootout.”
A judge will hold a hearing Monday in Rockford to determine if the $50,000 bond posted by Daniel Mahon came from legitimate sources. If so, he will be released while awaiting trial.
Heat City tried to contact Scottsdale’s former diversity directlor Don Logan, who is believed to have been the main target of the 2004 bombing, but he could not be reached for comment.
Both Mahon brothers were charged [PDF] with taking part in a conspiracy that dated back to 2003. It included the bombing as well as ordering attacks on power grids and teaching others to build bombs. The conspiracy was carried out, a grand jury alleged, to further the cause of an Indiana-based hate group called the White Aryan Resistance, also known as WAR.
[Update 11:45 p.m.] Federal prosecutors are appealing the judge’s decision to grant bail for Daniel Mahon, reports the Rockford Register Star newspaper in Illinois. The hearing is scheduled for Monday morning.