US Man Linked to Aussie Gunmen Secures Plea Deal with Federal Attorneys
An American citizen linked with the perpetrators behind the fatal Wieambilla, Australia shooting that claimed the lives of six individuals – among them two Queensland police officers – has agreed to a watered-down plea deal.
Resident of Arizona Donald Day Jr. will appear in court on 21 October after finalizing the plea deal with American authorities.
The individual with prior convictions, referred to online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is expected to admit guilt to a single charge of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition in a arrangement to be approved by the judiciary in the current month.
Links to Australian Shooters
Investigators established direct links between Day and the Train couple through online posts.
This couple, along with Gareth’s brother Nathaniel, killed officers from Queensland Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and neighbor Alan Dare at a isolated location in Wieambilla in 2022.
They were killed in a final shootout with law enforcement, following a protracted siege at the regional property.
US prosecutors stated the accused communicated via social media with the perpetrators around the time of the fatal attack.
He described Queensland officers as “malignant, malformed and malevolent”, and said they should be shown “absolutely no quarter”, informing them he wanted to be at Wieambilla in person.
Legal filings outlined how the couple had posted an end-times video on the video platform 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,” they expressed.
Firearms Cache and Legal Proceedings
Legal records reveal Day stockpiled a collection of multiple powerful guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at a rural property in Heber, AZ, 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.
Day stated he regularly accessed both the gun room and the weapons, and also instructed individuals on how to use the guns correctly.
The bargain will lead to charges dropped that pertain to the accused making of threats to public figures and federal agents.
Based on court documents, the individual had been prohibited from owning guns and arms because of his history of violent crimes.
Day, who has completed two years in custody, faces a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in jail or a penalty of $250,000 (A$381,500), but the agreement specifies he will be sentenced under the low end of the legal sentencing standards.
