'Dr. Chaos' indicted in Wisconsin utility attacks

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The Associated Press
Published May 7, 2002, 3:21 PM CDT

MILWAUKEE -- A man who calls himself "Dr. Chaos" and was accused of
storing cyanide in Chicago's subway was indicted Tuesday on more than
50 acts of vandalism in 13 Wisconsin counties.

The 13-count federal indictment against Joseph Konopka, 25, formerly
of rural De Pere, Wis., is in connection to 53 acts of violence
targeting energy facilities, telecommunications equipment and air
navigation systems in Wisconsin.

"This is a great day for law enforcement," said Lt. David Cornelius of
the Kewaunee County Sheriff's Department. "It's fantastic to see this
come to some closure."

He and more than a dozen other representatives from county sheriff's
departments joined U.S. Atty. Steven M. Biskupic at a news conference
Tuesday at Milwaukee's federal courthouse.

Biskupic said Konopka caused more than $800,000 in damage and about 28
electrical outages and other service interruptions affecting more than
30,000 power customers.

Konopka, who went by the online name "Dr. Chaos," was charged March 11
in Chicago with possession of a chemical weapon.

Konopka allegedly took over a Chicago Transit Authority storage room
under the downtown area and stored sodium cyanide and potassium
cyanide there. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said he claimed to
be the leader of a Wisconsin group of vandals known as the "Realm of
Chaos."

He was charged March 23, 2001, in Door County with six felonies and
three misdemeanors ranging from theft and burglary to criminal
property damage.

Konopka is accused of training his followers to hack into government
computers, vandalize electric utility equipment, break into radio
towers and burn facilities, a criminal complaint said.

He formerly worked at Infinity Technologies in Green Bay.



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