US prosecutors seek jail term for conspiracy theorist linked to Wieambilla terror attack
US prosecutors are seeking a jail sentence of almost four years for a conspiracy theorist linked to the trio behind the Wieambilla terrorist attack, north-west of Brisbane.
Arizona man Donald Day Jr pleaded guilty in October last year to a single charge of possessing firearms and ammunition as part of a plea deal.
He had also faced charges of using social media to incite violence and threaten public figures and law enforcement but they were dropped as part of the deal.
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Donald Day Jr, 60, was charged a year later in the US with making threats to public figures and FBI agents. Supplied
Authorities in both Queensland and the US believe Day was in contact with Gareth and Stacey Train around the time of the deadly Wieambilla ambush in 2022 that saw Queensland police officers Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow murdered, along with neighbour Alan Dare.
The couple, along with Nathaniel Train, were eventually killed in a shoot-out with police at their regional property.
Day, using the moniker "Geronimo's Bones", had sent the Trains messages containing "Christian end-of-days ideology" and they would watch and comment on each other's YouTube videos.
Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow were killed in the line of duty at Wieambilla in Queensland. (Queensland Police) Supplied Nine
The Wieambilla terrorists, Gareth, Stacey and Nathaniel Train. Supplied
Day is also linked to a video the Trains posted to YouTube on the night of the deadly attack.
"See you at home Don, love you," Gareth and Stacey Train said in the video.
The weapons charge relates to a stockpile of weapons and ammunition found at his rural property.
According to court documents, Day had been prohibited from possessing weapons and firearms because of his violent criminal history.
Day will be sentenced on February 12.
- with AAP
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