UPDATE on 4/16/2025: Sarpy County officials confirmed that Gary Day was extradicted to Wisconsin during the morning of April 16. They dimissed their misdemeanor charges along with the application for extradition, as Day voluntarily agreed to return.
In a statement:
The suspect traveling with a missing Wisconsin teenager and arrested in Sarpy County was extradited Wednesday, April 16, to Wisconsin where he will face charges of abduction of a child and child enticement.
After a citizen called in a tip to 911, Sarpy County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Gary Day at the Love’s Truck Stop in Sarpy County on April 3, 2025, on two warrants out of the states of Wisconsin and Arkansas. Day was booked into the Sarpy County Correctional Center on those charges as well as local misdemeanor charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and false reporting.
Sarpy County helped the teenager reunite with her family.
As part of a coordinated effort with the District Attorney in Wisconsin and the federal authorities in Arkansas, the Sarpy County Attorney’s Office has dismissed the local misdemeanor charges against Day as well as an Arkansas state extradition complaint to expedite his return to Wisconsin.
Wisconsin authorities took custody of Day from the Sarpy County Correctional Center on Wednesday morning.
“We are grateful to the watchful citizens who not only spotted something they thought was wrong but also took the critical step in calling Sarpy County 911, which led to the arrest of Day and the recovery of a missing child from the State of Wisconsin,” said Chief Deputy Sarpy County Attorney John Reisz.
JUNEAU, WI — A man charged with child enticement and abduction of a 17-year-old from Beaver Dam has been sent back to Wisconsin.
40-year-old Gary Day was arrested earlier this month at an Omaha truck stop where he was discovered with 17-year-old Sophia Franklin of Beaver Dam.
The prosecutors office in Sarpy County Nebraska confirmed Wednesday that Day has been sent back to Wisconsin. Dodge County jail records indicate Day was booked into the Dodge County Correctional Facility around 5:15pm.
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The 40-year-old Day is suspected to the father of Franklin’s unborn child. She is currently five months pregnant.
Day faces charges in Wisconsin, but the Sarpy County Attorney’s Office says they dismissed the local misdemeanor charges in order to expedite the extradition process. An Arkansas extradition complaint has also been dismissed.
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