US Man Connected to Australian Shooters Strikes Plea Bargain with Prosecutors
An American citizen linked with the culprits behind the deadly Wieambilla, Australia attack that took six lives – among them two officers from Queensland – has accepted a watered-down plea agreement.
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 single charge of illegally owning firearms and ammunition in a arrangement to be approved by the judiciary in the current month.
Connections to Aussie Gunmen
Investigators confirmed clear connections between the defendant and the Train couple through digital communications.
This couple, along with Nathaniel Train, murdered officers from Queensland Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare at a isolated location in Wieambilla in 2022.
They were fatally shot in a final shootout with law enforcement, following a protracted siege at the rural site.
US prosecutors said the accused corresponded via social media with the Trains during the period of the deadly ambush.
Day described Queensland police as “malignant, malformed and malevolent”, and declared they should be shown “no mercy whatsoever”, telling them he wanted to be at the scene in person.
Court documents detailed how the couple had posted an end-times recording on the video platform after the shootings, stating police “came to kill us and we killed them”.
“Failing to stand against these evil forces makes one a coward … we’ll see you at home, Don. Love you,” the Trains expressed.
Weapons Stockpile and Court Case
Legal records show Day accumulated a cache of multiple powerful guns and hundreds of rounds of ammo at a rural property in Heber, Arizona, that was equipped with a shooting range, gun 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 said in the agreement filed in court.
He stated he frequently used both the weapons storage and the weapons, and also trained others on how to operate the firearms properly.
The bargain will lead to dismissed counts that relate to the alleged issuing threats to public figures and federal agents.
According to court documents, Day had been banned from possessing guns and arms because of his violent criminal history.
Day, who has completed two years in custody, faces a highest sentence of up to 15 years imprisonment in jail or a penalty of US$250,000 (A$381,500), but the agreement stipulates he will be sentenced under the low end of the legal sentencing standards.
