US Individual Linked to Australian Shooters Secures Plea Bargain with Prosecutors
An American citizen linked with the perpetrators behind the fatal Wieambilla, Australia attack that took the lives of six individuals – including two officers from Queensland – has accepted a watered-down plea agreement.
Arizona-based Donald Day Jr will face court on 21 October after striking the bargain with US prosecutors.
The individual with prior convictions, referred to online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is anticipated to plead guilty to a single charge of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition in a deal to be sanctioned by the court this month.
Links to Aussie Gunmen
Investigators confirmed direct links between Day and Gareth and Stacey Train through digital communications.
This couple, along with Nathaniel Train, killed officers from Queensland Arnold and McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare at a isolated location in Wieambilla, Queensland in 2022.
They were killed in a gun battle with law enforcement, following a protracted siege at the regional property.
American officials stated Day corresponded via online platforms with the perpetrators around the time of the deadly ambush.
Day referred to Queensland officers as “malignant, malformed and malevolent”, and declared they should be shown “absolutely no quarter”, informing the Trains he desired to be at Wieambilla physically.
Court documents outlined how Gareth and Stacey Train had uploaded an end-times recording on YouTube after the shootings, saying police “attempted to kill us, and we retaliated”.
“If you don’t defend yourself against these devils and demons, you’re a coward … we’ll see you at home, Don. Love you,” they expressed.
Firearms Cache and Court Case
Legal records reveal Day accumulated a collection of multiple powerful guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at a country estate in Heber, AZ, 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’,” Day admitted in the agreement submitted in court.
He stated he frequently used both the gun room and the firearms, and also instructed individuals on how to use the firearms correctly.
The plea deal will lead to dismissed counts that relate to the alleged issuing threats to public figures and FBI agents.
Based on legal files, the individual had been banned from possessing guns and arms because of his violent criminal history.
Day, who has served 24 months in custody, could receive a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in prison or a fine of US$250,000 (A$381,500), but the plea deal stipulates he will be judged under the low end of the sentencing guidelines.
