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A12 Tuesday, sepTember 26, 2017 The Journal Times 1 STATE ROB SCHULTZ Lee Newspapers MADISON The lawyer for a Janesville man on trial in federal court in Madison on charges that he stole and illegally transported guns told a jury that his client stole the guns but that prosecutors meet the burden of proof needed for a guilty verdict. totally did said Joe Bugni, the attorney for Joseph Jakubowski, 33, who has been charged with stealing 18 guns and two silencers from Armageddon Supplies on April 4 and, as a felon, transporting them. But proving it is another story, Bugni told the 13-person jury. devil is in the he said. Jakubowski was the subject of one of the largest manhunts in Wisconsin history when he sent a 161-page manifesto to President Donald Trump just before he stole the guns, burned his truck and then disappeared on April 4.

He was on the run for 10 days before he was captured on private land on the Richland and Vernon county lines, according to a crim- inal complaint. Some of the guns he allegedly stole were found at the site where Jakubowski was captured, but federal prosecutors have said that 12 of those guns have not been found. Jakubowski said he buried the missing guns with a shovel somewhere during his 10-day journey in rural Wis- consin. During the trial that began Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wis- consin, prosecutors introduced surveillance video of the gunshop that showed a man in a hooded sweatshirt breaking into the gun- shop and grabbing guns and am- munition.

They also introduced video of Jakubowski admitting to investigators after his arrest how he stole the guns. His statements matched the surveillance video. Also, investigators from the State Crime Lab testified that DNA from blood found at the scene matched DNA taken from Jakubowski after his arrest. Bugni cross-examined just two of the witnesses: Scott Kuhl, the owner of Arma- geddon Supplies the gun shop that Jakubowski allegedly vic- timized and Jimmy Holford, a Janesville police officer who ar- rested Jakubowski in 2008 after he said Jakubowski resisted arrest and tried to disarm him. Jakubowski was convicted in that case.

Kuhl testified under cross ex- amination that he did not have a separate license hanging in his business that showed he was a gun dealer but said later in further questioning from prosecutors that he need one because of the type of license he had. Bugni tried to argue with Hol- ford that Jakubowski have been charged with a felony in the 2008 case. But under ques- tioning from Assistant U.S. Dis- trict Attorney Rita M. Rumbelow, Holford said the incident is more clear to him than any he has been involved in during his 11-year ca- reer with Janesville police.

When asked why, Holford answered, the defendant tried to kill The case for the defense lasted just minutes because Jakubowski had his testimony limited by a court order. Prior to the start of the trial, U.S. District Judge William Conley dashed hopes of us- ing the trial to repeat claims made in his manifesto that the U.S. gov- ernment is corrupt when the judge granted the motion to exclude evidence of any claimed defense. The prosecutors argued in the motion that such a defense would require making the case that Jakubowski was under such duress that he effectively had no choice in his actions.

The goateed Jakubowski, wear- ing a gray, buttoned-down shirt and black pants, answered just four questions. Janesville man on trial after massive manhunt STEVEN VERBURG Lee Newspapers MADISON Gov. Scott Walker on Monday announced he was appointing Dan Meyer, a former chamber of commerce director and Republican lawmaker from northern Wisconsin, as state Department of Natural Resource secretary. In the state Assembly, Mey- voting record earned him less than a 37 percent approval rating from the League of Conservation Voters, but the Wisconsin Wild- life Federation said his grasp of how environmental protection improves hunting and fishing will make him an improvement over last appointee. Meyer replaces Cathy Stepp, who Walker appointed in 2011 saying he wanted someone with a of commerce mental- in charge of the department.

Conservation groups have been highly critical of Stepp for relaxing DNR enforcement of pollution vi- olations, presiding over persistent shortcomings in its protection of water and air quality, and failing to defend the department from budget cuts. When Meyer was first elected to the state Assembly in 2001 he pushed to weaken shoreline pro- tections, but his longtime interest in hunting in and fishing helped him learn over time about the importance of protecting wildlife habitat, said George Meyer, wild- life federation director. think someone who can be worked with on conservation said Meyer, a former DNR secretary who related to Dan Meyer. will be strong for eco- nomic Although the state League of Conservation Voters gave $17,433 to his Democratic Party opponent in 2008, the group said there are reasons to hope the new DNR chief will be more independent from the governor than his pre- decessor. Meyer was not a consis- tent champion of conservation issues during his time in the leg- islature, but he repeatedly voted to reestablish an independent DNR said league legislative director Jennifer Giegerich.

State law was changed in 1995 to place the DNR chief under di- rect control of the governor, in- stead of the Natural Resources Board. Environmentalists say the change allowed Walker and Stepp to prevent agency experts from alerting the public to dangers of ongoing rollbacks of air and water protections. is our hope that he will show some independence as Governor DNR Secre- tary and return the DNR to its mission, including enforcing against illegal polluters, working with communities to make sure our drinking water is safe, and protecting lakes, rivers, and pub- lic lands for future Giegerich said. Walker said Meyer would prop- erly balance business interests and natural resources conservation. Meyer will be an out- standing DNR Walker said in a statement.

under- stands the balance between pro- tecting our natural resources and supporting economic prosperity in our state. As a highly respected former legislator and mayor who cares deeply about conservation, Dan will serve in the best interests of Meyer picked to lead DNR ANGELA MAJOR, JANESVILLE GAZETTE Joseph Jakubowski, right, with his attorney, michael murphy, at a court appearance in rock County Circuit Court in april. SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON Elections of- ficials were hoping to get more information as soon as Monday about a Russian attempt to hack voter registration system, even as the state moved ahead with efforts to bolster cyber security defenses. The U.S. Department of Home- land Security on Friday informed the Wisconsin Elections Com- mission that it was one of 21 states that government cyber had unsuccessfully tried to infiltrate during the 2016 elections.

The hacking attempt focused on the voter registration database, not voting results that are counted and tabulated by more than 1,850 local election clerks. Elections Commission spokes- man Reid Magney said the com- mission was in the process of getting more information about what happened and hoped to hear those details from Homeland Se- curity officials on Monday. De- tails about next steps will be dis- cussed at a previously planned commission meeting Tuesday, Magney said. The Commission had been slated to discuss security im- provements Tuesday, even be- fore news of the attempted hack broke last week. Changes being contemplated, Magney said, in- clude encrypting the entire voter registration database to protect the information and make it un- usable to anyone who may be able to steal it.

Another change being considered is two-factor authen- tication for more than 1,850 local election clerks or state officials attempting to make changes to voter registration data contained in the WisVote database. going to look at the best practices from Magney said. online voter reg- istration database is accessible by about 3,000 users munic- ipal and county clerks and their employees, and state Elections Commission staff, Magney said. The only way voters can affect information in the system is to register to vote. Wis.

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