US Individual Connected to Australian Gunmen Strikes Plea Deal with Federal Attorneys

An American citizen linked with the culprits behind the fatal Wieambilla, Australia attack that took the lives of six individuals – among them two officers from Queensland – has agreed to a watered-down plea agreement.

Resident of Arizona Donald Day Jr will appear in court on October 21 after finalizing the plea deal with American authorities.

The individual with prior convictions, referred to online as “Geronimo's Bones”, is expected to plead guilty to a sole offense of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition in a arrangement to be sanctioned by the court in the current month.

Connections to Australian Shooters

Authorities confirmed direct links between the defendant and the Train couple through online posts.

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

They were fatally shot in a final shootout with police, following a extended standoff at the rural site.

US prosecutors said the accused corresponded via social media with the perpetrators around the time of the fatal attack.

Day referred to Queensland police as “evil, corrupt, and wicked”, and declared they should be shown “absolutely no quarter”, telling the Trains he desired to be at the scene in person.

Court documents detailed how the couple had uploaded an end-times video on YouTube after the incident, stating authorities “attempted to kill us, and we retaliated”.

“Failing to stand against these evil forces makes one a coward … we’ll see you at home, Don. Love you,” they said.

Weapons Stockpile and Court Case

Court documents show the defendant accumulated a collection of multiple powerful guns and numerous bullets of ammunition at a country estate in Heber, Arizona, that was equipped with a gun range, weapons 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',” Day said in the agreement submitted in court.

Day said he frequently used both the gun room and the firearms, and also trained others on how to operate the guns properly.

The plea deal will result in charges dropped that pertain to the accused making of threats to public figures and federal agents.

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

The defendant, who has served two years in detention, could receive a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in jail or a penalty of US$250,000 (A$381,500), but the plea deal specifies he will be judged under the minimum range of the sentencing guidelines.