American Man Connected to Aussie Shooters Secures Plea Deal with Prosecutors

An American citizen associated with the perpetrators behind the deadly Wieambilla attack that took the lives of six individuals – including two Queensland police officers – has agreed to a less severe plea agreement.

Arizona-based Donald Day Jr. will appear in court on October 21 after finalizing the plea deal with American authorities.

The individual with prior convictions, referred to online as “Geronimo's Bones”, is expected to plead guilty to a single offense of illegally owning guns and bullets in a arrangement to be approved by the court in the current month.

Links to Aussie Gunmen

Investigators established direct links between the defendant and Gareth and Stacey Train through online posts.

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, Queensland in 2022.

The Trains were fatally shot in a gun battle with police, following a protracted siege at the rural site.

American officials said the accused communicated via social media with the perpetrators around the time of the deadly ambush.

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

Legal filings detailed how the couple had uploaded an end-times video on YouTube after the shootings, stating authorities “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 said.

Weapons Stockpile and Court Case

Legal records show Day accumulated a cache of nine high-powered firearms and numerous bullets of ammo at a rural property in Heber, Arizona, 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’,” he said in the plea deal filed in the legal system.

Day said he regularly accessed both the weapons storage and the firearms, and also instructed individuals on how to use the guns correctly.

The bargain will lead to dismissed counts that relate to the alleged issuing threats to officials and FBI agents.

According to legal files, Day had been banned from possessing guns and arms because of his history of violent crimes.

The defendant, who has completed 24 months in detention, faces a highest sentence of up to 15 years in prison or a penalty of $250,000 (A$381,500), but the plea deal specifies he will be judged under the low end of the sentencing guidelines.