US Individual Connected to Australian Gunmen Secures Plea Bargain with Prosecutors

An American citizen linked with the perpetrators behind the deadly Wieambilla, Australia shooting that claimed the lives of six individuals – including two Queensland police officers – has accepted a watered-down plea agreement.

Resident of Arizona Donald Day Jr. will appear in court on October 21 after striking the plea deal with American authorities.

The convicted felon, referred to online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is expected to plead guilty to a sole charge of illegally owning firearms and ammunition in a deal to be sanctioned by the judiciary in the current month.

Links to Australian Shooters

Authorities established 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 neighbor Alan Dare at a isolated location in Wieambilla in 2022.

The Trains were fatally shot in a gun battle with police, following a extended standoff at the regional property.

US prosecutors stated the accused communicated via online platforms with the perpetrators during the period of the deadly ambush.

He described Queensland officers as “malignant, malformed and malevolent”, and said they should be shown “no mercy whatsoever”, informing the Trains he wanted to be at Wieambilla in person.

Court documents outlined how the couple had uploaded an end-times video on YouTube after the incident, saying authorities “attempted to kill us, and we retaliated”.

“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 said.

Firearms Cache and Legal Proceedings

Court documents show Day accumulated a cache of multiple powerful guns and numerous bullets of ammo at a country estate in Heber, AZ, 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 admitted in the agreement submitted in the legal system.

He stated he frequently used both the weapons storage and the firearms, and also instructed others on how to use the firearms correctly.

The bargain will result in charges dropped that pertain to the accused issuing threats to officials and federal agents.

Based on legal files, the individual had been banned from possessing weapons and firearms because of his history of violent crimes.

The defendant, who has completed 24 months 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 sentencing guidelines.