Wisconsin's 'Dr. Chaos' indicted

UPI ^ | 5/08

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From the National Desk
Published 5/8/2002 12:10 PM

MILWAUKEE, May 8 (UPI) -- A self-styled Wisconsin anarchist who used the Internet nickname "Dr. Chaos" to recruit teens for his "Realm of Terror" was indicted by a federal grand jury for causing more than $800,000 damage in a more than two-year vandalism spree across the state.

Joseph Konopka, 25, faces a maximum 30 years in prison if convicted on all 13 counts against him. FBI documents showed the one-time computer technician met teenaged boys on an Internet site called "Teens for Satan." He allegedly would invite them to his job in Green Bay, Wis., to play computer games and teach them how to hack into computer systems.

One youth was convicted of hacking into a Defense Department computer system.

Konopka was charged Tuesday with 53 crimes from June 1998 to January 2001. The vandals blacked out more than 2,000 homes in November 1998 by shorting out a central Wisconsin power station with barbed wire.

Konopka and his disillusioned young recruits also disrupted radio and television broadcasts, disabled an air traffic control system, damaged the computer system of an Internet service provider, set fires and caused 28 power failures and 20 service disruptions at power plants.

During a break-in at Wisconsin Public Radio, they replaced studio programming with music, forcing the system to broadcast an emergency tone.

Konopka remains in custody in Chicago charged with storing sodium cyanide and potentially lethal potassium cyanide in Chicago's underground subway tunnels in March.

Former cohorts in "The Realm of Chaos" convicted of misdemeanor property damage in state courts cooperated with investigators tracking Konopka.

The indictment said Konopka encouraged young men with online chat names like "Riot Boy" and "Kill Now" "to join him in ventures designed to entertain themselves by engaging in property damage and then observing the consequences."

Copyright © 2002 United Press International

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I'm wondering of there might be a link between Mailbox Bomber Luke Heldon and Dr. Chaos.

What IS it about Wisconsin??

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Apologies in advance to the posting police. Couldn't find this in a search.

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Link to Heldon? Your opinions, please.

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What is it about Wisconsin There is nothing wrong with Wisconsin, but u of Wisconsin is something else. u of Wisconsin is a fistering hot bid of extreme liberalism. Remember shalala, clinton's HEW cabinet secretary, she was a top administrator at u of Wisconsin.

[Squantos]

Sounds like a severe outbreak of "cabin fever" cured only by spring. Bottom line ......"never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity"...........

Stay Safe !

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"There is nothing wrong with Wisconsin, but u of Wisconsin is something else. u of Wisconsin is a fistering hot bid of extreme liberalism. Remember shalala, clinton's HEW cabinet secretary, she was a top administrator at u of Wisconsin."

Well, I WAS kinda wondering why I never heard about an organized group doing all these things during clintoon's reign...

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"Sounds like a severe outbreak of "cabin fever" cured only by spring. Bottom line ......"never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity"..........."

True...OR by sheer boredom combined with a left wing curriculum AND stupidity, I guess.

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The indictment said Konopka encouraged young men with online chat names like "Riot Boy" and "Kill Now" "to join him in ventures designed to entertain themselves by engaging in property damage and then observing the consequences."

Good thing for these punks they didn't damage the property of any FReepers...

Consequences of damaging Freeper property: large amounts of copper-jacketed lead come your way at high velocity.

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"Consequences of damaging Freeper property: large amounts of copper-jacketed lead come your way at high velocity."

LOL...but they get a free burial plot in the backyard as a 'consolation prize'.

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The connections is pretty clear, don't you think? These people are very deeply anti Americans, traitors all.

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Pretty, ain't he?

Lost months of 'Dr. Chaos' interest police

Cyanide suspect disappeared in June

By MEG JONES and TOM HELD
of the Journal Sentinel staff

Last Updated: March 12, 2002

De Pere - Nine months ago, a Wisconsin man who calls himself "Dr. Chaos" vanished.

'Dr. Chaos'

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Joseph Konopka, 25, formerly of De Pere, was accused in federal court of taking over a Chicago Transit Authority storage room under the downtown district and storing sodium cyanide and potassium cyanide there.

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A Blue Line train passes a door sealed with a piece of evidence tape in Chicago on Tuesday. Joseph Konopka, formerly of De Pere, has been charged with storing cyanide in part of Chicago's downtown subway system.

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Marian Konopka, grandmother of Joseph Konopka, said her grandson left their De Pere home in June.

Related Coverage

Investigation: Lost months of 'Dr. Chaos' interest police (3/12/02)
Chicago: 'Anarchist' charged over cache of cyanide (3/11/02)

With numerous vandalism and burglary charges pending against him in several Wisconsin counties, Joseph Konopka cashed out his IRA, emptied his bank account, and with $13,000 in his bag kissed his grandmother goodbye and walked down a rural road from the farmhouse where his grandparents raised him.

Neither his family nor law enforcement knew where he was or what he was up to, but his grandmother and uncle hoped he had simply moved to another state to get a job in computers and start a new life.

Konopka, 25, did start a new life - but if what authorities say is true, it was a life of crime that ended up in a Chicago subway, where he is accused of stockpiling deadly cyanide.

He is scheduled to appear in federal court this morning in Chicago on charges of illegal possession of cyanide. When he was arrested early Saturday for trespassing at the University of Illinois-Chicago, officials discovered a vial of cyanide on him and later found one-quarter pound of potassium cyanide and almost a pound of sodium cyanide in a storage room off a subway tunnel in downtown Chicago, the FBI said.

In Wisconsin, Konopka was the suspected leader of a group of vandals called the "Realm of Chaos." Officials say he recruited impressionable youths through an online chat room Konopka dubbed "Teens for Satan," a name chosen to mock a chat room called "Teens for Christ," according to court records.

Many unanswered questions

Officials are trying to piece together his whereabouts from last June, when he skipped out on several court cases in Wisconsin, until he was caught at 2 a.m. Saturday.

There are lots of pieces missing to the puzzle.

Konopka had no known address when he was arrested, although authorities found some of his belongings in a subway tunnel.

Link to the rest of the article

[Republicus2001]

Wonder who the commencement speaker is this year at UW-Madison?

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young men with online chat names like "Riot Boy" and "Kill Now"...

Well, there's two more great nicks down the drain. BtD's search for a new one continues...hmm..."Teens for Satan"...haveta ask JimRob if that one's taken...

[Squantos]

Gheeeesh looks like this guy was either a terrorist or a really confused gardener after some mythical monster giant gophers in that subway tunnel........(yeah it was a 4 beer lunch today)

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No doubt this guy is a menace and need to be locked up, but for this action -

During a break-in at Wisconsin Public Radio, they replaced studio programming with music, forcing the system to broadcast an emergency tone.

He should get some kind of public service award.

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"Gheeeesh looks like this guy was either a terrorist or a really confused gardener after some mythical monster giant gophers in that subway tunnel........(yeah it was a 4 beer lunch today)"

LOL...I've had one or two of those myself. He's got a face like an angel doesn't he? Angel of death, that is.

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"He should get some kind of public service award."

Hmmm...good point.

What gets me is that they were able to shut down an air traffic control tower. Air traffic control is iffy enough as it is without freaks like that screwing it up even more.

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Regarding that guys pic......I've seen better heads on a tick.......

I'm off to the salt mine now , will check back tomorrow.

.........Stay Safe !

[Dales]

Cheeseheads.

[John O]

Actually it is wisconsin. Remember that WI is home to marquette university, proud home of the multiple voting student body. They (marquette) also hold the proud distinction of giving up the wonderful "Warriors" nickname and Willie Wampum mascot to become the "flapping turkeys" (or whatever they call themselves these days).

With rare exceptions (especially in the cities) the entire state is a hell hole of democrats and other criminals.

I escaped as soon as I was able.

(the only redeeming features are the Green Bay Packers and cream puffs at the state fair)

God Save America (Please)