American Individual Linked to Australian Gunmen Strikes Plea Deal with Prosecutors
A US man linked with the perpetrators behind the deadly Wieambilla, Australia attack that took six lives – including two Queensland police officers – has accepted a less severe plea deal.
Arizona-based Donald Day Jr. will appear in court on October 21 after finalizing the bargain with American authorities.
The convicted felon, known online as “Geronimo's Bones”, is expected to admit guilt to a single offense of illegally owning guns and bullets in a arrangement to be sanctioned by the court in the current month.
Connections to Aussie Gunmen
Investigators confirmed direct links between Day and the Train couple through online posts.
This couple, along with Nathaniel Train, murdered Queensland police officers Arnold and McCrow, and neighbor Alan Dare at a remote property in Wieambilla in 2022.
The Trains were killed in a final shootout with police, following a extended standoff at the rural site.
American officials said the accused communicated via social media with the Trains during the period of the deadly ambush.
Day described Queensland police as “evil, corrupt, and wicked”, and said they should be shown “absolutely no quarter”, informing them he desired to be at Wieambilla physically.
Court documents detailed how the couple had uploaded an end-times recording on YouTube after the shootings, saying authorities “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,” the Trains expressed.
Weapons Stockpile and Legal Proceedings
Court documents reveal Day stockpiled a collection of multiple powerful guns and hundreds of rounds of ammo at a country estate in Heber, AZ, that was outfitted with a gun range, gun room and sniper’s nest.
“The guns and ammo were stored in the trailer I occupied with S.S., within a space we named the 'gun room',” Day said in the plea deal filed in court.
He said he frequently used both the gun room and the weapons, and also trained individuals on how to operate the guns properly.
The plea deal will lead to charges dropped that pertain to the alleged issuing threats to public figures and federal agents.
Based on court documents, Day had been banned from owning weapons and firearms because of his violent criminal history.
The defendant, who has served 24 months in detention, could receive a highest sentence of up to 15 years in jail or a fine of $250,000 (A$381,500), but the plea deal specifies he will be sentenced under the minimum range of the legal sentencing standards.
