American Individual Linked to Aussie Gunmen Secures Plea Bargain with Prosecutors
An American citizen associated with the culprits behind the deadly Wieambilla, Australia shooting that claimed six lives – including two Queensland police officers – has agreed to a watered-down plea agreement.
Arizona-based Donald Day Jr. will appear in court on 21 October after finalizing the plea deal with US prosecutors.
The convicted felon, known online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is anticipated to admit guilt to a sole offense of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition in a arrangement to be sanctioned by the court in the current month.
Links to Aussie Gunmen
Investigators established clear connections between Day and the Train couple through online posts.
The Trains, along with Gareth’s brother Nathaniel, murdered Queensland police officers Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare at a isolated location in Wieambilla in 2022.
They were killed in a gun battle with law enforcement, following a protracted siege at the rural site.
US prosecutors stated the accused corresponded via online platforms with the perpetrators during the period of the deadly ambush.
Day referred to Queensland officers as “malignant, malformed and malevolent”, and said they should be shown “no mercy whatsoever”, telling the Trains he desired to be at the scene physically.
Legal filings outlined how the couple had uploaded an end-times video on the video platform after the incident, 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 said.
Firearms Cache and Court Case
Court documents show the defendant accumulated a collection of multiple powerful guns and numerous bullets of ammo at a country estate in Heber, Arizona, that was equipped with a gun range, gun room and sniper hide.
“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 submitted in the legal system.
He said he regularly accessed both the gun room and the firearms, and also instructed individuals on how to use the guns correctly.
The plea deal will lead to charges dropped that relate to the alleged issuing threats to officials and federal agents.
According to court documents, Day had been prohibited from owning guns and arms because of his history of violent crimes.
The defendant, who has completed two years in detention, faces a maximum penalty of up to 15 years imprisonment in prison or a fine of US$250,000 (A$381,500), but the plea deal stipulates he will be judged under the low end of the legal sentencing standards.
