US Individual Linked to Aussie Gunmen Secures Plea Bargain with Federal Attorneys

An American citizen associated with the culprits behind the deadly Wieambilla, Australia shooting that took the lives of six individuals – among them two Queensland police officers – has agreed to a watered-down plea deal.

Arizona-based Donald Day Jr will face court on 21 October after striking 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 illegally owning firearms and ammunition in a deal to be approved by the judiciary in the current month.

Links to Aussie Gunmen

Authorities established clear connections between Day 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 killed in a final shootout with police, following a protracted siege at the rural site.

US prosecutors stated Day corresponded via social media with the Trains during the period of the fatal attack.

Day referred to Queensland officers as “malignant, malformed and malevolent”, and declared they should be shown “no mercy whatsoever”, informing the Trains he desired to be at Wieambilla physically.

Legal filings detailed how the couple had uploaded an end-times recording on YouTube after the incident, 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,” they expressed.

Weapons Stockpile and Legal Proceedings

Court documents show the defendant stockpiled a cache of nine high-powered firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammo at a country estate in Heber, Arizona, that was outfitted with a gun range, weapons room and sniper’s nest.

“The guns and ammo were stored in the trailer I occupied with S.S., within a space we named the 'gun room',” he said in the agreement filed in the legal system.

Day stated he regularly accessed both the gun room and the weapons, and also instructed individuals on how to operate the guns properly.

The plea deal will lead to dismissed counts that pertain to the alleged issuing threats to public figures and federal agents.

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

Day, who has completed 24 months in detention, could receive a maximum penalty of up to 15 years imprisonment in jail or a penalty of US$250,000 (A$381,500), but the agreement specifies he will be judged under the low end of the legal sentencing standards.