An American man with alleged links to Queensland’s Wieambilla police shootings has been offered a plea deal.
Arizona District Attorney Gary Restaino filed the court motion to have a pre-trial hearing delayed to allow time for Donald Day Jr and his lawyers to consider the deal.
“A plea offer has been extended and the deadline for acceptance is May 17,” Mr Restaino said in court documents.
After a joint Queensland Police Service and FBI investigation, Mr Day was arrested in December and charged with two counts of making an interstate threat.
In January, he was further charged with illegal gun possession and threatening FBI agents added.
The 58-year-old is alleged to have communicated directly with Nathaniel, Gareth and Stacey Train online, sending messages containing Christian end-of-days ideology.
Police constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow and neighbour Alan Dare were killed in the religiously motivated terrorist attack by the Trains, who were later shot dead by specialist police.
The officers were responding to a missing person report on December 12, 2022, at the property shortly before they were fired upon.
An FBI search of Mr Day’s property outside of Phoenix, Arizona also found nine firearms and thousands of rounds ammunition.
A court hearing will be held in the US on May 20.
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