https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wisconsin-fugitive-survives-3-years-makeshift-bunker-n1042646
By Associated Press
RINGLE, Wis. — A Wisconsin fugitive wanted on child sexual assault and child pornography charges hid out for more than three years in a makeshift bunker powered by solar panels and a pedal generator before a hunter stumbled onto him last week, police said.
WSAW-TV reports that several months ago Thomas Nelson of Wausau found a bunker with a log door carved into an embankment on state land in the township of Ringle west of Wausau, about 145 miles north of Madison, the state Capitol. He became curious and returned to the bunker on Friday morning to see what was inside.
The door was unlatched so he went inside. He discovered 44-year-old Jeremiah Button, who disappeared in February 2016 just weeks before he was scheduled to stand trial on child sexual assault and child pornography charges.
"I pushed the door open, and I look inside and I can see canned foods, there's little storage boxes, and I'm like ... I gotta go in," Nelson told the television station. "I come around the corner a bit and there he is, laying in his bed. I mean, I was shaking when I went in, I was shaking when I went out."
He moved away and called police, guiding them to the bunker's door. A 20-minute stand-off ensued before Button surrendered. Marathon County Sheriff's Deputy Matt Kecker said Button seemed almost glad for human interaction.
Kecker said Button told deputies that he had been building the bunker while his case was moving through court, stockpiling it with items he found in the Marathon County landfill.
Sheriff's Lt. Jeff Stefonek said Button set up solar panels on the bunker's roof to power LED lights, radios, cooling fans and all manner of electronic equipment. He also had a pedal-powered generator for cloudy days. The bunker was small enough that it stayed warm in winter and cool in summer.
"He was not only surviving, but thriving in this structure through all of the different supplies he was able to find," Stefonek said.
Button is back in custody on a $100,000 cash bond and is due back in court for a pre-trial conference on Sept. 16. His attorneys, public defenders Anne Renc and Jessica Phelps, didn't immediately return phone messages Wednesday. Court records show they were assigned to Button's case on Tuesday.
His attorney in 2016, Gary Kryshak, withdrew from the case in February 2017, a year after Button fled. He didn't immediately return a message left at his office Wednesday.
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[–] maurice1 [S] ago
I just hope some of the shit me and you tried posting about Wisconsin helped encourage all these busts up there recently.
It's good to see even the smallest token busts happen.
[–] Lansing-Michigan 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Wisconsin is always in the back of my mind maurice 1. Already believed in certain areas being chosen due to ley lines and past dark energy........The states of Ohio, Fl, Penn. and I think NC are all targeted as well.........like Wisconsin. Maybe California...Laurel Canyon and LA.
[–] maurice1 [S] ago
From what I dug in Wisconsin, I always look for tunnels near locations now. Old forgotten tunnels. The ones like Deer Creek.
https://bayviewcompass.com/bay-views-deer-creek-forced-mostly-underground/
I'll never forget the really strange things I discovered in and around this location. Who owns it at both ends, mind you. Where the exit location is right next to.
There is even a pattern of virtually all of the ownership of above ground locations of old tunnel entrances. They are all owned by Jesuit's or their family/friends.
I could never find anything dirty about these people, other than guilt by association.
Patterns are not random.
Seriously. This location has a bar at one end, owned by a VA worker, who attended Jesuit college. The other end is a house owned by that VA workers pizzeria partner, who happens to work at a children's hospital. The Home is right next to the archdiocese. The home also sits next door to a AirBnB.
The hospital worker has peer articles about oncology written with Mayo Clinic workers. The list of other stuff is just too mind blowing to accept this was pure coincidence that these two women happened by pure chance to come into ownership of both locations of the only tunnel entrances to the old Deer Creek, which was covered up and "forgotten" by society long ago.
[–] fogdryer ago
:)