US Man Linked to Australian Gunmen Strikes Plea Deal with Prosecutors

An American citizen associated with the perpetrators behind the deadly Wieambilla, Australia attack that claimed six lives – including two officers from Queensland – has accepted a watered-down plea agreement.

Arizona-based Donald Day Jr will face court on 21 October after finalizing the bargain with American authorities.

The individual with prior convictions, referred to online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is expected to plead guilty to a single charge of unlawfully possessing guns and bullets in a deal to be sanctioned by the court in the current month.

Connections to Australian Shooters

Authorities established direct links between the defendant and the Train couple through online posts.

The Trains, along with Nathaniel Train, murdered officers from Queensland Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare at a remote property in Wieambilla, Queensland in 2022.

They were fatally shot in a final shootout with law enforcement, following a extended standoff at the regional property.

American officials stated Day corresponded via online platforms with the perpetrators around the time of the fatal attack.

He referred to Queensland officers as “malignant, malformed and malevolent”, and declared they should be shown “absolutely no quarter”, informing them he wanted to be at the scene physically.

Legal filings detailed how the couple had uploaded an apocalyptic recording on the video platform after the shootings, saying police “came to kill us and we killed them”.

“If you don’t defend yourself against these devils and demons, you’re a coward … We will meet you at home, Don. With love,” they expressed.

Firearms Cache and Court Case

Legal records show the defendant accumulated a cache of multiple powerful guns and hundreds of rounds of ammo at a country estate in Heber, AZ, that was equipped 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’,” he admitted in the plea deal submitted in court.

He said he frequently used both the gun room and the firearms, and also instructed others on how to operate the firearms properly.

The bargain will result in charges dropped that pertain to the alleged making of threats to officials and federal agents.

Based on court documents, Day had been prohibited from possessing weapons and firearms because of his violent criminal history.

The defendant, who has served two years in custody, faces a highest sentence of up to 15 years imprisonment in jail or a fine of US$250,000 (A$381,500), but the agreement stipulates he will be sentenced under the low end of the legal sentencing standards.