American Individual Connected to Australian Gunmen Secures Plea Deal with Prosecutors
An American citizen associated with the perpetrators behind the fatal Wieambilla, Australia attack that took the lives of six individuals – including two officers from Queensland – has agreed to a less severe plea agreement.
Resident of Arizona Donald Day Jr will appear in court on October 21 after striking the bargain with US prosecutors.
The convicted felon, referred to online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is anticipated to admit guilt to a sole charge of unlawfully possessing guns and bullets in a deal to be approved by the judiciary this month.
Links to Australian Shooters
Authorities confirmed direct links between Day and the Train couple through online posts.
The Trains, along with Nathaniel Train, killed Queensland police officers Arnold and McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare at a remote property in Wieambilla in 2022.
The Trains were killed in a final shootout with police, following a protracted siege at the rural site.
US prosecutors stated the accused communicated via online platforms with the perpetrators around the time of the fatal attack.
Day referred to Queensland police as “malignant, malformed and malevolent”, and declared they should be shown “no mercy whatsoever”, telling them he desired to be at the scene in person.
Court documents detailed how the couple had posted an apocalyptic video on the video platform after the incident, stating police “attempted to kill us, and we retaliated”.
“If you don’t defend yourself against these devils and demons, you’re a coward … we’ll see you at home, Don. Love you,” they expressed.
Weapons Stockpile and Legal Proceedings
Court documents show Day stockpiled a collection of multiple powerful guns and numerous bullets of ammo at a rural property in Heber, Arizona, that was equipped with a shooting range, gun room and sniper’s nest.
“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 agreement filed in the legal system.
He stated he regularly accessed both the weapons storage and the weapons, and also trained individuals on how to use the firearms properly.
The bargain will lead to charges dropped that pertain to the accused issuing threats to officials and FBI agents.
Based on legal files, Day had been prohibited from owning guns and arms because of his violent criminal history.
Day, who has completed two years in custody, faces 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 judged under the minimum range of the legal sentencing standards.
