US Man Linked to Australian 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 Queensland police officers – has agreed to a less severe plea agreement.
Arizona-based Donald Day Jr. will face court on 21 October after finalizing the plea deal with US prosecutors.
The convicted felon, referred to online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is expected to plead guilty to a single offense of unlawfully possessing guns and bullets in a deal to be approved by the court in the current month.
Links to Australian Shooters
Authorities established clear connections between Day and Gareth and Stacey Train through digital communications.
The Trains, along with Gareth’s brother Nathaniel, killed officers from Queensland Arnold and McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare at a remote property in Wieambilla in 2022.
The Trains were killed in a gun battle with police, following a extended standoff at the rural site.
American officials said Day communicated via online platforms with the perpetrators during the period of the deadly ambush.
Day described Queensland police as “evil, corrupt, and wicked”, and declared they should be shown “no mercy whatsoever”, telling them he wanted to be at the scene in person.
Court documents outlined how the couple had posted an end-times recording on the video platform 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,” they expressed.
Firearms Cache and Legal Proceedings
Court documents show Day accumulated a cache of nine high-powered firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at a rural property in Heber, AZ, that was outfitted with a gun range, weapons 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 agreement submitted in court.
Day said he frequently used both the gun room and the firearms, and also instructed individuals on how to use the guns correctly.
The plea deal will result in dismissed counts that relate to the alleged issuing threats to public figures and federal agents.
Based on court documents, Day had been prohibited from possessing guns and arms because of his history of violent crimes.
Day, who has served two years in custody, could receive a highest sentence of up to 15 years in jail or a fine of US$250,000 (A$381,500), but the plea deal specifies he will be sentenced under the low end of the legal sentencing standards.
