American Man Linked to Australian Gunmen Secures Plea Bargain with Federal Attorneys

An American citizen associated with the perpetrators behind the deadly Wieambilla, Australia shooting that took the lives of six individuals – including two officers from Queensland – has agreed to a watered-down plea agreement.

Resident of Arizona Donald Day Jr will face court on 21 October after finalizing the plea deal with US prosecutors.

The convicted felon, known online as “Geronimo’s Bones”, is expected to admit guilt to a sole charge of unlawfully possessing guns and bullets in a deal to be approved by the judiciary in the current month.

Connections to Australian Shooters

Authorities confirmed direct links between Day and Gareth and Stacey Train through digital communications.

This couple, along with Gareth’s brother Nathaniel, killed Queensland police officers Arnold and McCrow, and neighbor Alan Dare at a isolated location in Wieambilla, Queensland in 2022.

The Trains were fatally shot in a final shootout with law enforcement, following a protracted siege at the rural site.

American officials said the accused communicated via online platforms with the Trains during the period of the deadly ambush.

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

Court documents detailed how Gareth and Stacey Train had uploaded an end-times video on the video platform 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,” the Trains expressed.

Weapons Stockpile and Legal Proceedings

Legal records show Day accumulated a cache of multiple powerful guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at a country estate in Heber, Arizona, that was equipped with a gun 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',” Day said in the plea deal submitted in court.

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

The bargain will lead to charges dropped that relate to the alleged issuing threats to officials and FBI agents.

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

Day, who has served 24 months in custody, could receive a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in prison or a fine of $250,000 (A$381,500), but the agreement stipulates he will be sentenced under the low end of the legal sentencing standards.