Fugitive found on farm

MILWAUKEE — Fearing a mass shooting, authorities chased nearly 800 leads in search of a Wisconsin man they believed had a cache of stolen firearms and had written of his desire to commit violent acts against the government.

But it wasn’t until Thursday evening that a retired school counselor provided the break in the case, alerting investigators to a man he’d found camping on his property about 125 miles northwest of Janesville, Wis. That’s where a manhunt for Joseph Jakubowski, 32, began after authorities said he broke into a gun store April 4 and sent a threatening 161page manifesto to the White House.

Law enforcement officers arrested Jakubowski at 6 a.m. Friday after setting a perimeter around him overnight. Milwaukee-based FBI special agent Justin Tolomeo said officers recovered five guns, multiple boxes of ammunition, a sword and containers of flammable liquid, as well as a protective vest and helmet.