Wisconsin man accused of robbing gun shop and sending 161-page manifesto to Trump has been found after 10-day search https://t.co/ieUVbzXs5v
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 14, 2017
All too normal, in these United States of the NRA:
More than 150 local, state and federal law enforcement officials had been searching for Jakubowski, whom authorities suspected of stealing at least 16 high-end firearms April 4 from a gun shop in Janesville, a town not far from Wisconsin’s southern border. Police said he had written a 161-page antigovernment and anti-religion manifesto, which he apparently mailed to President Trump at the White House…
The Rock County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that local authorities in Vernon County received a call late Thursday about a man matching Jakubowski’s description who was camping and refused to leave the area.
About 6 a.m. Friday, officers approached Jakubowski, who was found under a tarp on the property with four handguns, one long gun, boxes of ammunition, a samurai sword, containers of flammable liquid, a protective helmet and vest, and a copy of his manifesto, authorities said. He was taken into custody without incident, authorities said, and is being taken to Rock County to face charges…
Moore, the Janesville police chief, said last week that Jakubowski has had run-ins with local authorities, including one incident in which he tried to disarm an officer.
But, he said, police had not seen his “antigovernment or terrorist-type” behavior.
“That is a new element for all of us,” Moore said. “Most of his activities have been anger-driven either toward the officers or toward other individuals, but not the antigovernment rhetoric, and that is a new piece to this investigation.”…
No (official) word on the other high-end firearms. Since this originated in the Speaker’s home town, am I a bad person that my first thought was “Somebody check Paul Ryan’s gun safe?”
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