An Arizona man with links to the perpetrators of the 2022 Wieambilla attack has agreed to a plea deal with US prosecutors. Donald Day Jr, 51, is expected to plead guilty to a single charge of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition when he appears in court on 21 October.
Under the agreement, charges relating to allegedly threatening FBI agents and other officials will be dropped. Day, a convicted felon known online as 'Geronimo’s Bones', has been prohibited from possessing weapons due to his criminal history.
Investigators established that Day corresponded via social media with Gareth and Stacey Train, who along with Gareth’s brother Nathaniel murdered Queensland police officers Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare at a remote property in Wieambilla in 2022. Day described the Queensland police as 'malignant, malformed and malevolent' and said they should be shown 'absolutely no quarter'.
Court documents revealed Day stockpiled nine high-powered firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at a rural property in Heber, Arizona, which included a gun range, gun room and sniper hide. Day admitted to regularly accessing the weapons and instructing others on their use.
Having already served two years in custody, Day faces a maximum of 15 years in prison or a fine of $250,000, but the plea deal stipulates he will be sentenced at the low end of the guidelines.
