American Individual Linked to Aussie Gunmen Strikes Plea Deal with Federal Attorneys

An American citizen linked with the perpetrators behind the fatal Wieambilla, Australia attack that took six lives – among them two officers from Queensland – has agreed to a less severe plea agreement.

Resident of Arizona Donald Day Jr will appear in court on October 21 after striking the bargain with US prosecutors.

The convicted felon, referred to online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is expected to plead guilty to a sole offense of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition in a deal to be sanctioned by the judiciary this month.

Links to Australian Shooters

Investigators established direct links between Day and the Train couple through digital communications.

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.

They were fatally shot in a final shootout with police, following a extended standoff at the rural site.

US prosecutors said Day corresponded via online platforms with the perpetrators during the period of the deadly ambush.

Day referred to Queensland officers as “evil, corrupt, and wicked”, and said they should be shown “absolutely no quarter”, telling the Trains he desired to be at Wieambilla physically.

Court documents detailed how Gareth and Stacey Train had posted an end-times video on YouTube after the incident, 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,” they expressed.

Firearms Cache and Legal Proceedings

Legal records show the defendant stockpiled a cache of multiple powerful guns and numerous bullets of ammunition at a country estate in Heber, Arizona, that was outfitted with a shooting range, weapons room and sniper hide.

“The firearms and ammunition were kept in the mobile home I shared with S.S., in a room we called the ‘gun room’,” Day said in the plea deal submitted in court.

He stated he frequently used both the weapons storage and the weapons, and also trained others on how to use the firearms correctly.

The bargain will result in dismissed counts that pertain to the alleged making of threats to officials and FBI agents.

Based on legal files, Day had been banned from possessing weapons and firearms because of his violent criminal history.

Day, who has served 24 months in detention, could receive a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in prison or a fine of $250,000 (A$381,500), but the plea deal specifies he will be judged under the low end of the sentencing guidelines.