US Man Connected to Australian Shooters Strikes Plea Deal with Federal Attorneys
An American citizen linked with the culprits behind the fatal Wieambilla attack that took the lives of six individuals – among them two Queensland police officers – has agreed to a watered-down plea agreement.
Resident of Arizona Donald Day Jr will face court on 21 October after finalizing the plea deal with American authorities.
The individual with prior convictions, known online as “Geronimo's Bones”, is anticipated to admit guilt to a single charge of illegally owning guns and bullets in a deal to be sanctioned by the court in the current month.
Links to Australian Shooters
Authorities established clear connections between Day and the Train couple through online posts.
This couple, along with Gareth’s brother Nathaniel, killed Queensland police officers Arnold and McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare at a remote property in Wieambilla, Queensland in 2022.
They were fatally shot in a final shootout with police, following a protracted siege at the rural site.
American officials stated the accused communicated via social media with the perpetrators around the time of the fatal attack.
Day described Queensland officers as “malignant, malformed and malevolent”, and said they should be shown “absolutely no quarter”, telling the Trains he wanted to be at the scene physically.
Court documents detailed how the couple had uploaded an end-times video on the video platform after the shootings, stating authorities “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.
Firearms Cache and Court Case
Legal records show Day accumulated a cache of multiple powerful guns and numerous bullets of ammunition at a rural property in Heber, AZ, 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’,” Day said in the agreement submitted in the legal system.
He said he frequently used both the gun room and the firearms, and also trained others on how to operate the guns correctly.
The plea deal will lead to dismissed counts that pertain to the alleged issuing threats to public figures and federal agents.
Based on court documents, the individual had been banned from owning guns and arms because of his violent criminal history.
The defendant, who has served two years in detention, could receive a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in jail or a fine of $250,000 (A$381,500), but the agreement specifies he will be judged under the minimum range of the legal sentencing standards.
