American Man Linked to Aussie Shooters Secures Plea Bargain with Federal Attorneys
An American citizen linked with the perpetrators behind the deadly Wieambilla, Australia shooting that took six lives – including two Queensland police officers – has accepted a watered-down plea agreement.
Resident of Arizona Donald Day Jr will face court on 21 October after striking the bargain with American authorities.
The convicted felon, known online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is expected to admit guilt to a single offense of unlawfully possessing guns and bullets in a deal to be approved by the judiciary in the current month.
Links to Australian Shooters
Authorities established direct links between Day and the Train couple through online posts.
This couple, along with Gareth’s brother Nathaniel, murdered Queensland police officers Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare at a remote property in Wieambilla, Queensland in 2022.
The Trains were killed in a gun battle with law enforcement, following a extended standoff at the regional property.
American officials stated Day corresponded via social media with the perpetrators around the time of the fatal attack.
Day referred to Queensland officers as “malignant, malformed and malevolent”, and said they should be shown “absolutely no quarter”, telling them he desired to be at the scene physically.
Court documents outlined how the couple had uploaded an end-times video on YouTube after the shootings, stating authorities “attempted to kill us, and we retaliated”.
“If you don’t defend yourself against these devils and demons, you’re a coward … We will meet you at home, Don. With love,” the Trains expressed.
Firearms Cache and Court Case
Legal records show the defendant accumulated a collection of multiple powerful guns and hundreds of rounds of ammo at a rural property in Heber, AZ, that was equipped with a gun 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 admitted in the agreement filed in the legal system.
Day stated he frequently used both the weapons storage and the weapons, and also instructed others on how to operate the guns correctly.
The bargain will result in charges dropped that pertain to the alleged making of threats to officials and FBI agents.
Based on legal files, Day had been banned from possessing guns and arms because of his history of violent crimes.
Day, who has completed 24 months in detention, could receive a highest sentence 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.
