US Man Connected to Australian Gunmen Strikes Plea Deal with Prosecutors
An American citizen linked with the perpetrators behind the fatal Wieambilla, Australia attack that claimed the lives of six individuals – including two officers from Queensland – has agreed to a watered-down plea deal.
Arizona-based Donald Day Jr. will appear in court on October 21 after striking the bargain with American authorities.
The individual with prior convictions, referred to online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is expected to plead guilty to a sole charge of illegally owning guns and bullets in a arrangement to be sanctioned by the court in the current month.
Links to Australian Shooters
Investigators established clear connections between Day and the Train couple through online posts.
The Trains, along with Nathaniel Train, killed officers from Queensland Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare at a isolated location in Wieambilla in 2022.
The Trains were fatally shot in a final shootout with law enforcement, following a extended standoff at the rural site.
US prosecutors stated Day communicated via social media with the Trains around the time of the deadly ambush.
Day referred to Queensland police as “evil, corrupt, and wicked”, and declared they should be shown “absolutely no quarter”, telling them he desired to be at Wieambilla in person.
Legal filings detailed how the couple had uploaded an end-times recording on YouTube after the incident, stating authorities “attempted to kill us, and we retaliated”.
“Failing to stand against these evil forces makes one a coward … we’ll see you at home, Don. Love you,” they expressed.
Firearms Cache and Legal Proceedings
Court documents reveal the defendant stockpiled a cache of multiple powerful guns and numerous bullets of ammunition at a rural property in Heber, Arizona, that was equipped with a gun range, weapons 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 agreement filed in the legal system.
He stated he regularly accessed 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 public figures and federal agents.
Based on court documents, Day had been prohibited from owning guns and arms because of his history of violent crimes.
The defendant, who has served two years in custody, faces a highest sentence of up to 15 years in prison or a penalty of US$250,000 (A$381,500), but the plea deal specifies he will be judged under the low end of the legal sentencing standards.
