American Individual Connected to Aussie Gunmen Secures Plea Bargain with Prosecutors
An American citizen associated with the perpetrators behind the deadly Wieambilla, Australia attack that claimed six lives – including two officers from Queensland – has agreed to a watered-down plea deal.
Arizona-based Donald Day Jr will appear in court on October 21 after finalizing the bargain with US prosecutors.
The convicted felon, known online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is expected to plead guilty to a sole offense of illegally owning firearms and ammunition in a arrangement to be sanctioned by the court in the current month.
Connections to Aussie Gunmen
Authorities established clear connections between Day and the Train couple through online posts.
The Trains, along with Nathaniel Train, killed officers from Queensland Arnold and McCrow, and neighbor Alan Dare at a isolated location in Wieambilla in 2022.
The Trains were fatally shot in a final shootout with police, following a extended standoff at the regional property.
American officials stated Day corresponded via social media with the perpetrators around the time of the fatal attack.
Day referred to Queensland officers as “evil, corrupt, and wicked”, and declared they should be shown “absolutely no quarter”, telling the Trains he wanted to be at Wieambilla physically.
Legal filings outlined how the couple had uploaded an end-times recording on YouTube 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’ll see you at home, Don. Love you,” they said.
Weapons Stockpile and Court Case
Court documents show Day accumulated a collection of nine high-powered firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammo at a rural property in Heber, Arizona, that was equipped with a shooting 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’,” he said in the plea deal filed in the legal system.
He said he frequently used both the gun room and the firearms, and also instructed others on how to use the guns correctly.
The bargain will result in dismissed counts that relate to the alleged issuing threats to public figures and federal agents.
Based on court documents, the individual had been banned from possessing weapons and firearms because of his violent criminal history.
Day, who has served 24 months 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 plea deal stipulates he will be sentenced under the low end of the legal sentencing standards.
