American Individual Linked to Aussie Shooters Secures Plea Deal with Federal Attorneys

An American citizen associated with the perpetrators behind the fatal Wieambilla, Australia attack that took six lives – among them two Queensland police officers – has accepted a watered-down plea agreement.

Arizona-based Donald Day Jr. will appear in court on 21 October after striking the bargain with US prosecutors.

The individual with prior convictions, referred to online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is expected to admit guilt to a sole offense of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition in a deal to be sanctioned by the judiciary this month.

Links to Australian Shooters

Authorities confirmed direct links between Day and Gareth and Stacey Train through online posts.

This couple, along with Nathaniel Train, killed officers from Queensland Arnold and McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare at a isolated location in Wieambilla in 2022.

They were killed in a gun battle with police, following a extended standoff at the rural site.

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

He described Queensland officers as “evil, corrupt, and wicked”, and said they should be shown “no mercy whatsoever”, informing the Trains he desired to be at Wieambilla physically.

Legal filings detailed how Gareth and Stacey Train had posted an apocalyptic video on the video platform after the shootings, stating authorities “attempted to kill us, and we retaliated”.

“Failing to stand against these evil forces makes one a coward … We will meet you at home, Don. With love,” they expressed.

Weapons Stockpile and Legal Proceedings

Court documents reveal the defendant stockpiled a cache of nine high-powered firearms 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’,” Day admitted in the plea deal submitted in court.

He stated he frequently used both the weapons storage and the firearms, and also instructed individuals on how to operate the guns properly.

The plea deal will lead to charges dropped that pertain to the alleged making of threats to officials and federal agents.

According to court documents, the individual had been banned from possessing guns and arms because of his violent criminal history.

The defendant, who has served two years in custody, faces a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in prison or a fine of US$250,000 (A$381,500), but the plea deal specifies he will be judged under the low end of the legal sentencing standards.