(Beaver Dam) The 40-year-old Arkansas man suspected of taking a pregnant Beaver Dam teen across the country pled not guilty to federal charges stemming from the alleged abduction. The proceeding was held in an Arkansas federal courtroom with Gary Day appearing via phone from Wisconsin.
Day is being held in the Dodge County Jail. Dodge County charges against him include two counts each of abduction of a child and child enticement. He will be arraigned on those charges on June 17th.
Day and the 17-year-old victim were at the center of multiple Amber Alerts in Wisconsin, Arkansas, and Missouri. Day is believed to be the father of the teen’s unborn child. The two were taken into custody at a Love’s Truck Stop in Sarpy County, Nebraska on April 2nd. Day was arrested and the victim was returned to her family.
A federal trial is set for Day’s case on July 8th.
