American Individual Connected to Aussie Gunmen Secures Plea Bargain with Prosecutors

A US man associated with the culprits behind the fatal Wieambilla attack that claimed six lives – including 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 bargain with US prosecutors.

The individual with prior convictions, known online as “Geronimo's Bones”, is expected to admit guilt to a single charge of unlawfully possessing guns and bullets in a deal to be sanctioned by the court this month.

Links to Aussie Gunmen

Investigators established direct links between Day and the Train couple through digital communications.

The Trains, along with Nathaniel Train, killed Queensland police officers Arnold and McCrow, and neighbor Alan Dare at a remote property in Wieambilla, Queensland in 2022.

The Trains were killed in a final shootout with police, following a extended standoff at the rural site.

American officials said the accused corresponded via online platforms with the perpetrators during the period of the deadly ambush.

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

Legal filings detailed how Gareth and Stacey Train had uploaded an apocalyptic recording on the video platform after the shootings, stating authorities “came to kill us and we killed them”.

“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.

Weapons Stockpile and Legal Proceedings

Legal records reveal Day accumulated a collection of multiple powerful guns and numerous bullets of ammunition at a country estate in Heber, AZ, that was equipped with a shooting range, gun room and sniper’s nest.

“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.

He said he regularly accessed both the gun room and the firearms, and also instructed individuals on how to operate the firearms properly.

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

Based on court documents, Day had been prohibited from possessing guns and arms because of his history of violent crimes.

The defendant, who has completed 24 months in detention, faces a highest sentence of up to 15 years in jail or a fine of US$250,000 (A$381,500), but the agreement stipulates he will be sentenced under the low end of the legal sentencing standards.