Joseph Konopka

Released
Full name:Joseph D. Konopka
Date of birth:24. 06. 1976
Age:50
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:2000s
Inmate Number:#20749-424
State:Illinois
Time Imprisoned:
17 Years 4 Months 20 Days
Support
Anarchism Realm of Ch@os
Joseph Konopka

Biography

Joseph D. Konopka was a Wisconsin computer systems administrator who used the alias Dr. Ch@os and led a loosely organized group called the Realm of Ch@os. He was arrested in Chicago on March 9, 2002 after being discovered in the underground tunnels at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The investigation uncovered sodium and potassium cyanide stored in a CTA substation and connected him to a series of Wisconsin arsons, computer intrusions and attacks on electrical, communications and air-navigation facilities. In March 2003 he received a 13-year federal sentence for chemical-weapons possession. A separate Wisconsin sentence of 20 years and 10 months was vacated on appeal and replaced in November 2005 by a seven-year sentence. He remained continuously in federal custody from March 9, 2002 until July 29, 2019 — 17 years, 4 months and 20 days.

Cases

Charges: Federal possession of a chemical weapon and related counts — sodium and potassium cyanide stored in a Chicago Transit Authority substation, found.
Arrested: Mar 9, 2002
Sentenced: Mar 12, 2003
Incarcerated: Mar 9, 2002
Released: Jul 29, 2019
Sentence: Thirteen years (156 months) in federal prison, imposed in March 2003. He was in continuous federal custody from his arrest on March 9, 2002 until his release on July 29, 2019 — 17 years, 4 months and 20 days across both this sentence and the Wisconsin one. The whole span is recorded here, on one case, so it is counted once. Charges as recorded: Federal possession of a chemical weapon and related counts — sodium and potassium cyanide stored in a Chicago Transit Authority substation, found after his arrest in the underground tunnels at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Convicted: Yes
Plead: Guilty
Charges: Wisconsin offences — a series of arsons, computer intrusions and attacks on electrical, communications and air-navigation facilities, carried out under the Realm of Ch@os banner.
Sentenced: November 2005
Sentence: Originally 20 years and 10 months, vacated on appeal, resentenced in November 2005 to seven years. NO CUSTODY DATES ARE RECORDED ON THIS CASE. His imprisonment ran continuously through both sentences, and the profile page sums the day counts across a prisoner’s cases, so repeating the span here would report roughly thirty-four years for a man who served seventeen. The dates are on the federal chemical-weapons case. Verdict as recorded: Yes. The original sentence of 20 years and 10 months was vacated on appeal and replaced in November 2005 by a seven-year sentence.
Convicted: Yes

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