[BC] re: Tower Vandal

[Dave Golterman <thevoice@nemontel.net>]

Here's the full story on the tower vandal in Wisconsin.

Dave Golterman
First Step Productions
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Plentywood, MT 59254
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Konopka gets 7 more years in prison The 
Associated Press (as printed in the Green Bay Press Gazette)

MILWAUKEE ? A former Hobart man was sentenced 
Wednesday to another seven years in federal 
prison for taking part in damaging computers, 
power plants and radio towers in Wisconsin.

Joseph Konopka, 29, was sentenced for convictions 
of 11 felonies, including conspiracy, arson, 
creating counterfeit software and interfering with computers.

Konopka, a former computer systems administrator 
who went by the online name "Dr. Chaos," earlier 
received a 13-year federal prison sentence in 
Chicago, where he was convicted of two felonies 
for hiding cyanide in a tunnel near the subway system.

Wednesday's sentencing was the second for Konopka 
in Wisconsin. The first was overturned on appeal.

Prosecutors said Konopka and a group of young 
followers were responsible for 28 power outages 
affecting 30,000 customers and 20 other service 
interruptions in 1999 in Northeastern Wisconsin. 
Damage was estimated at $800,000.

According to court records, Konopka formed an 
"anarchist group of boys" called Realm of Chaos 
to do vandalism, computer hacking and other forms 
of destruction for "entertainment purposes."

Konopka has been ordered to pay $436,000 in 
restitution and spend three years on supervised release after prison.