Manifesto(mailed to Trump)suspect Joseph Jakubowski wrote apology before gun heist

JANESVILLE, Wis. - A Janesville man suspected of stealing firearms from a store after threatening to carry out attacks in a manifesto sent to the White House wrote an apology to the shop’s owner before taking the guns, saying he needed them to protect himself and his family, according to court documents.

Joseph Allen Jakubowski, 32, has been the subject of a manhunt since the burglary April 4 at a gun shop near Janesville. He remained on the run Wednesday.

A criminal complaint filed Tuesday in Rock County charges Jakubowski with burglarizing Armageddon Supplies by diving head-first through a broken window. Eighteen guns, including a fully automatic M-16 assault rifle, and two gun silencers, along with weapon parts and magazines were taken, according to the complaint.

Jakubowski’s vehicle was found burning about three miles from the gun shop shortly after the burglary, prosecutors said.

Detectives spoke last Thursday with Jakubowski’s sister, with whom he had been staying until moving out the morning the gun store was burglarized. The sister, identified only as N.J. in the complaint, told investigators she found what appeared to be a draft of an apology letter to the gun shop owner.

In the letter, Jakubowski explained that he wanted to purchase guns to protect himself and his family, but that as a felon, the law prevented him from doing so, the court documents state. Jakubowski previously had several run-ins with police, mostly for traffic violations, and he once tried to disarm an officer in 2008 during a traffic stop, they state.

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Wisconsin Manhunt: Secret Service Analyzing Manifesto Mailed to Trump by Alleged Gun Thief, Cops Say


An alleged gun thief who mailed a 161-page manifesto to the president was hit with formal charges on Tuesday as local law enforcement said his screed had reached Washington, D.C.

Joseph Jakubowski is accused of stealing at least 18 rifles and handguns and two silencers from the Armageddon Gun Shop in Janesville, Wisconsin, last Tuesday after mailing an anti-government and anti-religion manifesto to the White House on April 4. Authorities have been searching for him ever since the gun store robbery.

Jakubowski was formally charged on Tuesday, according to court documents, with three felonies: burglary to arm himself with a dangerous weapon, theft and possession of burglarious tools.

Letter states that he wanted to purchase the guns in order to protect himself and his family, but could not do so because he was a felon, according to the complaint. The suspect then apologized for the thefts and thanked the gun shop owner for protecting Second Amendment rights.

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