US Man Linked to Aussie Gunmen Secures Plea Bargain with Prosecutors

An American citizen linked with the culprits behind the fatal Wieambilla, Australia shooting that claimed the lives of six individuals – including two officers from Queensland – has agreed to a less severe plea deal.

Resident of Arizona Donald Day Jr will face court on October 21 after finalizing the bargain with American authorities.

The individual with prior convictions, referred to online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is anticipated to admit guilt to a sole offense of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition in a deal to be approved by the judiciary this month.

Links to Aussie Gunmen

Investigators confirmed clear connections between the defendant and the Train couple through digital communications.

The Trains, along with Gareth’s brother Nathaniel, killed Queensland police officers Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare at a remote property in Wieambilla in 2022.

They were killed in a final shootout with police, following a protracted siege at the regional property.

US prosecutors stated Day communicated via online platforms with the perpetrators during the period of the fatal attack.

Day referred to Queensland officers as “malignant, malformed and malevolent”, and said they should be shown “absolutely no quarter”, telling them he desired to be at Wieambilla physically.

Court documents detailed how the couple had uploaded an end-times video on the video platform after the incident, saying police “came to kill us and we killed them”.

“Failing to stand against these evil forces makes one a coward … We will meet you at home, Don. With love,” they expressed.

Weapons Stockpile and Court Case

Legal records reveal Day stockpiled a cache of nine high-powered firearms and numerous bullets of ammunition at a country estate in Heber, Arizona, that was equipped with a gun range, gun 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 the legal system.

He stated he regularly accessed both the weapons storage and the weapons, and also trained individuals on how to use the guns correctly.

The plea deal will result in dismissed counts that relate to the alleged making of threats to officials and FBI agents.

According to court documents, Day had been prohibited from owning weapons and firearms because of his history of violent crimes.

Day, who has served two years in detention, faces a highest sentence of up to 15 years imprisonment in jail or a penalty of $250,000 (A$381,500), but the agreement stipulates he will be judged under the minimum range of the sentencing guidelines.