American Individual Linked to Australian Gunmen Secures Plea Bargain with Federal Attorneys
A US man associated with the culprits behind the deadly Wieambilla, Australia attack that took six lives – among them two Queensland police officers – has agreed to a less severe plea deal.
Resident of Arizona Donald Day Jr. will face court on October 21 after finalizing the bargain with American authorities.
The individual with prior convictions, known online as “Geronimo's Bones”, is expected to plead guilty to a single offense of illegally owning guns and bullets in a arrangement to be sanctioned by the judiciary this month.
Links to Australian Shooters
Investigators confirmed clear connections between Day and Gareth and Stacey Train through online posts.
This couple, along with Nathaniel Train, murdered Queensland police officers Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and neighbor Alan Dare at a remote property in Wieambilla in 2022.
The Trains were killed in a gun battle with law enforcement, following a extended standoff at the regional property.
American officials said the accused communicated via online platforms with the Trains around the time of the deadly ambush.
He referred to Queensland police as “malignant, malformed and malevolent”, and declared they should be shown “no mercy whatsoever”, informing the Trains he desired to be at Wieambilla physically.
Legal filings outlined how the couple had posted an end-times recording on YouTube after the shootings, stating police “came to kill us and we killed them”.
“Failing to stand against these evil forces makes one a coward … We will meet you at home, Don. With love,” they expressed.
Firearms Cache and Legal Proceedings
Legal records reveal the defendant accumulated a cache of multiple powerful guns and numerous bullets of ammunition at a country estate in Heber, Arizona, that was outfitted with a gun range, gun room and sniper’s nest.
“The firearms and ammunition were kept in the mobile home I shared with S.S., in a room we called the ‘gun room’,” Day admitted in the agreement filed in the legal system.
He said he regularly accessed both the gun room and the weapons, and also trained others on how to use the firearms properly.
The bargain will lead to charges dropped that pertain to the accused issuing threats to officials and federal agents.
Based on legal files, the individual had been banned from possessing weapons and firearms because of his violent criminal history.
Day, who has completed 24 months in detention, could receive a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in prison or a fine of US$250,000 (A$381,500), but the agreement specifies he will be sentenced under the minimum range of the legal sentencing standards.
