US Man Connected to Australian Gunmen Strikes Plea Bargain with Prosecutors
An American citizen linked with the culprits behind the fatal Wieambilla attack that took six lives – including two Queensland police officers – has accepted 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, known online as “Geronimo's Bones”, is expected to admit guilt to a sole charge of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition in a arrangement to be approved by the judiciary in the current month.
Connections to Aussie Gunmen
Authorities confirmed direct links between the defendant and Gareth and Stacey Train through digital communications.
This couple, along with Nathaniel Train, killed officers from Queensland Arnold and McCrow, and neighbor Alan Dare at a isolated location in Wieambilla, Queensland in 2022.
The Trains were fatally shot in a gun battle with police, following a protracted siege at the regional property.
US prosecutors said the accused corresponded via online platforms with the perpetrators during the period of the deadly ambush.
He referred to Queensland police as “malignant, malformed and malevolent”, and said they should be shown “absolutely no quarter”, informing them he desired to be at Wieambilla in person.
Legal filings detailed how Gareth and Stacey Train had posted an end-times video on the video platform after the shootings, stating police “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.
Weapons Stockpile and Court Case
Legal records reveal Day accumulated a cache 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 hide.
“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 submitted in the legal system.
Day stated he frequently used both the gun room and the weapons, and also trained others on how to use the guns properly.
The bargain will lead to dismissed counts that relate to the alleged issuing threats to public figures and FBI agents.
According to legal files, Day had been prohibited from possessing guns and arms because of his history of violent crimes.
The defendant, who has served two years in custody, could receive a maximum penalty of up to 15 years imprisonment in jail or a penalty of US$250,000 (A$381,500), but the plea deal stipulates he will be sentenced under the minimum range of the legal sentencing standards.
