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An American citizen associated with the perpetrators behind the deadly Wieambilla, Australia attack that claimed six lives – including two Queensland police officers – has accepted a watered-down plea deal.

Arizona-based Donald Day Jr. will appear in court on 21 October after striking the bargain with American authorities.

The convicted felon, referred to online as “Geronimo's Bones”, is anticipated to plead guilty to a sole offense of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition in a arrangement to be approved by the judiciary in the current month.

Links to Australian Shooters

Authorities established direct links between the defendant and the Train couple through digital communications.

This couple, along with Nathaniel Train, murdered Queensland police officers Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare at a remote property in Wieambilla, Queensland in 2022.

The Trains were killed in a gun battle with law enforcement, following a protracted siege at the regional property.

American officials stated Day corresponded via social media with the Trains during the period of the fatal attack.

He referred to Queensland police as “malignant, malformed and malevolent”, and said they should be shown “absolutely no quarter”, informing the Trains he wanted to be at Wieambilla in person.

Legal filings detailed how the couple had uploaded an apocalyptic video on YouTube after the shootings, saying 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

Court documents show Day stockpiled a cache of nine high-powered firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammo at a rural property in Heber, AZ, that was equipped with a shooting range, weapons room and sniper hide.

“The firearms and ammunition were kept in the mobile home I shared with S.S., in a room we called the ‘gun room’,” Day said in the plea deal filed in court.

Day stated he frequently used both the gun room and the firearms, and also trained individuals on how to use the guns correctly.

The bargain will result in charges dropped that relate to the alleged making of threats to officials and FBI agents.

Based on legal files, the individual had been prohibited from possessing guns and arms because of his violent criminal history.

The defendant, who has completed 24 months in custody, faces a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in prison or a fine of $250,000 (A$381,500), but the plea deal specifies he will be sentenced under the low end of the legal sentencing standards.