US EditionUS Man Jailed over Links to Police Shooting Deaths
Donald Day Jr pleaded guilty to possessing firearms as a convicted felon and was sentenced to three years, with authorities finding nine firearms and 10,000 rounds at his property.
- On Thursday, February 12, 2026, Donald Day Jr was sentenced by the District Court of Arizona to three years' imprisonment minus time served after pleading guilty to possessing firearms as a convicted felon.
- The Trains' December 2022 ambush in Wieambilla killed Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow and neighbour Alan Dare, with Day exchanging videos and comments with them online under Geronimo's Bones.
- US police found nine firearms and approximately 10,000 rounds on Day's property, and he was ordered to forfeit military-style rifles, shotguns and handguns.
- Having already spent 27 months in custody, Day will be on supervised release for three years and must serve at least 90 per cent of his term, as prosecutors sought nearly four years.
- Families of Constables McCrow and Arnold called the decision `another traumatic step`, and Day's lawyer argued the Trains' shared psychosis explained their actions, with a Queensland inquest later finding the Trains delusional.
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US Man Linked to Police Killings Sentenced to 3 Years’ Jail
An American man linked to the 2022 Wieambilla police shootings in country Queensland has been sentenced to three years’ jail by a court in the United States. Donald Day, 58, used the nickname “Geronimo’s Bones” to exchange chats and videos with brothers Nathaniel Train, 46, and Gareth Train, 47, who shot Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow to death in an ambush at their property near Chinchilla. The Trains’ neighbour Alan Dare was also s…
Australian National Review - US Man Linked to Police Killings Sentenced to 3 Years’ Jail
A young police officer is embraced as she shows her emotions in Brisbane, Australia on Dec. 21, 2022. Constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold were killed in a shooting on a Wieambilla property on Dec. 12 that year. Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images An American man linked to the 2022 Wieambilla police shootings in country Queensland has been sentenced to three years’ jail by a court in the United States. Donald Day, 58, used the nickname “Geronim…
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