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March 12, 2026:
URGENT NOTICE JAN 13, 2026:
TO OIG & DOJ AGENTS AT FCI MILAN:
CEASE AND DESIST IMMEDIATELY. Conrad Rockenhaus formally asserts his 5th and 6th Amendment rights to remain silent and to have counsel present. He does not consent to any interview, interrogation, or “informal questioning” regarding the U.S. Marshals, the September 4th raid, or conditions at FCI Milan without his attorney, Kaycee Berente, physically present. You are attempting to question a disabled veteran with a documented Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) immediately upon his release from solitary confinement; any “waiver” or signature you extract under these conditions is legally void, claimed under duress, and will be used as evidence of prosecutorial misconduct. We know you are there. Step away and contact his attorney.
NOTICE: DECEMBER 28, 2025 9:52PM – DEAD MAN’S SWITCH ACTIVE.
From Adrienne Rockenhaus: This website serves as a permanent public record of the “Shadow Docket” corruption in the Sixth Circuit, the National Security over-reach in the Eastern District of Michigan, and the medical neglect at FCI Milan.
Permission is explicitly granted to all journalists, activists, and citizens to mirror, scrape, download, and re-post every page and document on this site.
Any attempt to silence this site will result in the immediate release of these archives across multiple decentralized platforms.
The truth is indestructible.
BREAKING: CONRAD CALLS FROM THE SHU (Jan 4, 2026)
From Adrienne Rockenhaus: The Bureau of Prisons claimed my husband, disabled (TBI) veteran Conrad Rockenhaus, was ‘safe’ and simply ‘choosing’ not to communicate. This recording proves that was a lie. On January 4, 2026, Conrad managed to call from the Special Housing Unit (SHU) at FCI Milan to expose the reality of his detention.
In his own words, he explicitly identifies Officers Crenshaw and Zielinski, the exact guards we reported to Judge Jonathan J.C. Grey for displaying Neo-Nazi tattoos, as the men physically abusing him. He further confirms he is being chemically restrained with Zyprexa (a contraindicated antipsychotic) and is experiencing frequent, uncontrolled seizures, without medical care.
Listen to the undeniable proof that the BOP is not housing a prisoner, but torturing a federal witness.
CENSORED: THE 166-PAGE MOTION THE COURT REFUSED TO FILE
From Adrienne Rockenhaus – Dec 31, 2025: Sixth Circuit Clerk Alicia Harden returned this “Life or Death” filing to hide the evidence: U.S. Marshal Brett Fimbinger used a “secret” state warrant to raid my home in retaliation for a sexual harassment lawsuit. This document exposes the “Shadow Docket” corruption, Judge Stephen J. Murphy III’s bias, and the medical torture of my husband, Conrad Rockenhaus. The Sixth Circuit erased it from the record; I am publishing the full, suppressed text here.
READ THE EMERGENCY MOTION | READ THE SUPPLEMENT
UPDATE December 23, 2025: The Defense, Kaycee Berente, Drops the Mic on the Sixth Circuit Record
From Adrienne Rockenhaus: Today, my husband’s (Conrad Rockenhaus’s) attorney, Kaycee Berente, filed a Reply Brief that completely dismantles the Government’s attempt to rewrite history.
Yesterday, SAUSA Corinne Lambert argued to the Appeals Court that Conrad’s claims of medical neglect and retaliation were “never raised” in the lower court, essentially accusing us of making it up.
Today, Ms. Berente proved that was false. In a stunning correction of the record, the Defense Brief cites the exact transcript pages where Judge Stephen J. Murphy III (ED Michigan) was told about the medical crisis and chose to ignore it.
READ KAYCEE BERENTE’S REPLY BRIEF ON COURT LISTENER RECAP
Most critically, the brief officially places the “Whistleblower” defense on the permanent record.
The reply brief argues that Conrad Rockenhaus’s harsh treatment was related to “retaliation for his whistleblowing” which exposed misconduct at the detention center.
The Government tried to claim Judge Stephen J. Murphy III acted within his “discretion,” but today’s filing proves he ignored the undeniable evidence that Conrad was being targeted for speaking out. The receipts are now officially on the docket.
The Government also tried to argue that the Judge acted within his “discretion,” but today’s filing proves he acted on erroneous facts and ignored the undeniable evidence of retaliation.
The receipts are now officially on the docket, and they prove that the “official story” SAUSA Corinne Lambert tried to sell was a lie.
The Architect of Silence: U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr.
On December 18, 2025, Jerome Gorgon secured his Senate confirmation by concealing a deadly secret: his office is overseeing the medical execution of a disabled veteran.
A “National Security” specialist, Gorgon has weaponized the justice system against a Tor privacy advocate, treating a missed phone call like an act of terror.
While he swore his oath, his subordinates were actively suppressing evidence of police brutality and seizures. We have formally demanded an OIG investigation into the fraud behind his confirmation, because you cannot uphold the Constitution while burying the truth.
Please Read: Emergency Update from Adrienne Rockenhaus (December 12, 2025) for recent, emergency updates on the appeal and the court dockets.
Tor Operator Targeted by FBI
Conrad Rockenhaus’s ordeal began in 2018 when he operated Tor relays and exit nodes. Tor helps route encrypted internet traffic to protect users’ privacy and anonymity worldwide.
Listen to Watchman Privacy interview Adrienne Rockenhaus about Tor Exit Nodes and Policing Abuse.
Tor, developed with U.S. Navy funding and maintained by a nonprofit, allows people in oppressive regimes, whistleblowers, journalists, and everyday privacy-conscious individuals to browse the web without surveillance.
As an exit node operator, Conrad’s IP address became the visible endpoint for all traffic leaving the network, meaning complaints about illegal activity (from bad actors elsewhere) landed on him, despite having no control over or knowledge of the content.
This common risk for exit node runners drew federal attention, leading to a workplace dispute being escalated into federal charges for “intentional damage to a protected computer.” (CFAA)
Though the case was resolved years ago, the privacy advocacy at its core set the stage for ongoing scrutiny.
Today, that same commitment to digital privacy has morphed into a nightmare of retaliation and medical neglect.
From Adrienne Rockenhaus: After Conrad’s supervised release was transferred to Michigan, my formal complaint against a probation officer for harassment triggered a cascade of fraudulent warrants, violent U.S. Marshals raids (including one causing a new traumatic brain injury and grand mal seizure), and deliberate indifference at FCI Milan, where his service-connected TBI and seizures go untreated. Old, out-of-context internet logs, including a satirical research search for “NAMBLA” tied to an Encyclopedia Dramatica article, were once weaponized to smear him and justify detention.
A Texas probation officer also said under oath that a remote-desktop protocol was a Linux Operating system capable of accessing the “Dark Web”.
Now, six years later, the pattern continues: speaking out and defending online privacy has cost this 100% disabled Navy veteran his health and freedom, as federal officials appear determined to silence him through any means.
From Adrienne Rockenhaus: My husband, Conrad Rockenhaus, a 100% disabled Navy veteran with a service-connected traumatic brain injury and seizure disorder, is dying from deliberate medical neglect at FCI Milan. He has an untreated head injury from an illegal and brutal U.S. Marshals raid on September 4, 2025, based on fraudulent warrants. During this raid, a grey-bearded “John Doe” marshal who sexually harassed me in May returned with a team, put a gun in my face through my window while I was securing my beloved dog, Toro, who they were threatening to shoot, violently held me prisoner in my own home (as a private citizen with no criminal record), smashed my windows and destroyed my property, and beat Conrad until he suffered a grand mal seizure in duty court that same day. This seizure witnessed by everyone, including AUSA Corinne Lambert, but met with indifference and no aid.
Judge Stephen J. Murphy III dismissed my reports of violence and sexual harassment as “his wife’s behavior” in open court on October 14, 2025, tying Conrad’s liberty to my humanity.
Probation officer Stylianos Agapiou violated my no-contact orders three times, replying aggressively to my directive on February 20, 2025, harassing me during a device seizure on August 13, 2025, and weaponizing my existence in his petition on August 20, 2025, despite my formal complaints and the system’s erasure of my voice.
Conrad’s injury remains untreated, his seizures not properly medicated, his life hanging by a thread as officials like SAUSA Corinne Lambert conceal evidence and Brady violations, and no one intervenes despite thousands of notifications; click Emergency Updates from Adrienne Rockenhaus first thing to read the full horrors, timelines, and evidence before it’s too late.
My husband Conrad is dying from deliberate medical neglect at FCI Milan, and I am in constant danger from retaliation. Judge Stephen J. Murphy III dismissed my reports of sexual harassment by a U.S. marshal as “his wife’s behavior” in open court on October 14, 2025, while Magistrate Judge Sally J. Berens just struck my motion for help on December 18, 2025, lethally silencing us again.
If you want to help stop this horror, please take action now: call or email key contacts like BOP Health Services, Warden Eric Rardin, and oversight offices; share my posts and videos; tag #JusticeForConrad #BOPAbuse #VeteransNeglect; and contact media like ACLU or EFF. Every voice chips away at their silence. For full details and how to help, visit How You Can Help Save Conrad’s Life.
UPDATE (Oct. 17, 2025): In Ambush Hearing, Disabled Veteran Conrad Rockenhaus Sentenced to 6 Months After Lawyer Submits No Evidence
From Adrienne Rockenhaus: “In a shocking culmination of a multi-day ambush,100% disabled U.S. combat action ribbon awarded veteran Conrad Rockenhaus, was sentenced to six months in federal prison today. The sentence was handed down by Judge Stephen J. Murphy III in a hastily scheduled “emergency” hearing designed to ensure the public could not attend.
The government’s trap was sprung on Wednesday afternoon. After being visibly shaken by a courtroom full of supporters on Tuesday and stating he would likely recuse himself, Judge Murphy reversed course. He issued a surprise order scheduling a sentencing for Friday, giving us less than 48 hours to mobilize a response. This was a deliberate and cowardly act to prevent a repeat of Tuesday’s public scrutiny.
In court today, the government’s fears were realized, albeit on a smaller scale. A principled attorney, whose name I am withholding to protect him from the government’s documented pattern of retaliation, came to witness the proceedings on Conrad’s behalf. He and our friends watched in horror as the injustice unfolded.
Conrad’s court-appointed lawyer, Sanford Plotkin, submitted zero evidence in his defense. He sat silent as the prosecutor, AUSA Corinne Lambert, stood on the record and told a series of demonstrable lies about the case, lies that are all disproven by evidence Plotkin had in his possession.
The hearing’s aftermath was a stunning confession of guilt. The witnessing attorney confronted Plotkin, asking why he failed to submit any evidence. Plotkin claimed it was what Conrad wanted, arguing he should be grateful he “only got six months” instead of eleven. When I challenged this, Plotkin became enraged. In front of multiple witnesses, he told me I could “make another website about him,” screamed “FUCK YOU” at me, and stormed off.
This was not a legal proceeding; it was a coordinated ambush to silence a whistleblower. They think this is over. They’re wrong. This corrupt sentence, born from a hearing engineered to evade public oversight, is the foundation for our appeal. The whole story, and all the evidence that proves the government’s misconduct, remains on this website.”
VICTORY (Oct 14, 2025): A Federal Judge Has Fled His Own Bench.
Today, the planned sentencing hearing for disabled combat veteran Conrad Rockenhaus collapsed into a stunning victory for the truth. Faced with a courtroom of silent, righteous witnesses, including reporters, lawyers, veterans, a representative from NORML, and members of the Detroit community, Chief Judge Stephen J. Murphy III was visibly nervous and stuttered throughout the proceeding.
In a stunning on-the-record confession, the judge admitted that our public information campaign had made it impossible for him to rule without the appearance of bias. Stating that he found arguments in our filings “compelling,” he adjourned the hearing and announced he will likely RECUSE HIMSELF from the case entirely.
The victory was punctuated by an act of stunning treachery from Conrad’s court-appointed lawyer, Sanford “Sandy” Plotkin, who lied in open court and, moments after being warned by the judge that it would be unethical, attempted to coerce Conrad’s wife into dropping all lawsuits and complaints.
Conrad remains unjustly incarcerated while we await the assignment of a new judge. But make no mistake: today, a small army of citizens, armed with the truth, walked into a federal courthouse and shattered the government’s plan to operate in the shadows. The Judge has fled. The battle is won. The fight continues.
LIVE UPDATES For live, real-time updates and breaking developments directly from Adrienne Rockenhaus as this crisis unfolds, please visit the Live Updates page.
In a last-ditch effort to save Conrad’s life, we have filed an Emergency Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. This is one of the most powerful and ancient tools in law, a direct command to the government to justify why they are holding a person prisoner. Our petition argues that Conrad’s confinement is unconstitutional due to the life-threatening medical abuse he is enduring and the illegal denial of his right to a lawyer. We have filed sworn declarations detailing a deliberate overdose assault by prison staff, witness tampering, and a coordinated cover-up. The court’s refusal to act on this emergency writ is a central part of the ongoing crisis. You can follow the case and see all our filings in real-time on Court Listener.
UPDATE (Oct. 4): Using the U.S. Marshals Service’s own internal documents, through a Freedom of Information Act request, this filing transmuted their bureaucracy into a confession. Their own records admitted to a “Tactical Breach” and “Use of Force” during the violent September 4th raid that caused Conrad’s head injury, and proved their long-standing knowledge of his TBI since 2019, confirming their deliberate indifference. Furthermore, the declaration exposed their institutional dishonesty by juxtaposing their official report from the May 5th raid (which brazenly claimed the arrest was “without incident”) with the irrefutable photographic evidence of officers holding the couple at gunpoint. This was the moment the government was forced to testify against itself, proving not only its violence and indifference but a clear pattern of lying to the court and the public.
On page 11 of this official report, the U.S. Marshals Service falsely claims Conrad Rockenhaus has the following felony history:
-Burglary/Larceny/Theft: 1 Arrest, 1 Conviction
-Forgery/Fraud: 4 Arrests, 3 Convictions.
These are lies. Conrad Rockenhaus has 0 such convictions. This false history appears to be a malicious exaggeration of a single, dismissed charge for a bad check from many years ago. READ IT HERE.
UPDATE (SEPT. 23): We are now publicly accusing the lead federal prosecutor, AUSA Corinne M. Lambert, and assistant prosecutor John K. Neal of concealing evidence, including a passed polygraph test, in a criminal cover-up. Please read more in our press kit.
READ: An Open Letter to the Residents of the Eastern District of Michigan
UPDATE: September 8, 2025: NEW VIDEO: U.S. Marshals Smash Windows in Retaliatory Raid on Disabled Vet
This is what (Detroit) U.S. Marshals did to the home of Conrad Rockenhaus’ wife. Conrad Rockenhaus is a 100% disabled combat veteran, who was arrested on September 4, 2025 on a fraudulant warrant.
The only warrant on the public record was a simple ARREST warrant for a fabricated, non-violent probation violation.
But as this video shows, they did not come for a standard arrest. They came to terrorize a family.
They smashed windows and beat him in the head. He is now suffering with a head injury in Livingston County Jail, where he is receiving inadequate medical care. To make it worse, a federal judge has stripped him of his constitutional right to an attorney. This is the price of speaking out against a corrupt federal officer.
For the full story, the judge’s order, and all the evidence, visit the Press Kit.
UPDATE: September 4, 2025 – A VIOLENT RETALIATORY ARREST
On the morning of September 4, 2025, a U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force executed a fraudulent warrant, raiding the temporary home I was forced to rent out of fear for my safety. This raid was the direct result of a retaliatory campaign orchestrated by U.S. Probation Officers Stylianos Agapiou, Supervisor Jeffry Konal, and Chief Dion Thomas. The Marshals refused to produce a warrant.
According to a neighbor, the Marshals had been surveilling the home for days. During the raid, which was captured on video, they broke down the door, used excessive force, and physically beat my husband, a 100% disabled combat veteran.
During his initial court appearance later that day, my husband suffered a grand mal seizure in the courtroom as a result of the officer’s violent arrest, and was rushed to the hospital.
Marshals had NO warrant, beat Conrad in the head (he later had a seizure in court) and held the door shut preventing me from leaving my home.
WATCH THE LIVE VIDEO NOW
Prior to his arrest, Conrad’s retained attorney, Marc Lakin, unethically refused to withdraw from the case after being fired. This forced Conrad to file his own motions with the court, asking the judge to intervene and appoint new counsel.
On August 29, 2025, Judge Stephen J. Murphy, III, issued an order striking these motions from the record.
Citing a rule against “hybrid representation,” Judge Murphy refused to address Conrad’s constitutional right to effective counsel, stating the issue would be handled at the next hearing. This order created a procedural trap, leaving Conrad legally bound to an attorney who refused to act, while simultaneously making it impossible for him to hire a new one.
As a direct result of this order, Conrad was forced to appear in court today following his violent arrest without any legal representation—a crisis that culminated in his medical emergency in the courtroom.
UPDATE SEPT 5, 2025: After having a seizure in court yesterday, Conrad Rockenhaus’s hearing was postponed to Sept. 30th by Judge Stephen J. Murphy, III. What’s worse is the court is fully aware of Conrad’s medical status since the hearing.
Judge Murphy knows Conrad’s previous lawyer, Marc Lakin, has abandoned him and is out of the country, but he refuses to appoint a new one. This is a deliberate violation of his Sixth Amendment rights.
ANN ARBOR, MI – On August 28, 2025, A federal civil rights lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Michigan details a sustained campaign of retaliatory prosecution against a 100% medically retired U.S. combat veteran and his wife. This was after his wife filed a formal complaint against a U.S. Probation Officer for serious misconduct, harassment, and illegal seizure of her business property. His wife is a private citizen with no criminal record, and the officers have no jurisdiction over her.
The retaliation, as documented in the filings, was swift and severe. It culminated in the U.S. Probation Office authoring a fraudulent arrest warrant based on a verifiably false claim that the veteran, Conrad Rockenhaus, was an “absconder,” despite having written proof he was hospitalized in a VA mental health facility.
This led to a traumatic raid where the couple was held at gunpoint in their own driveway.
This public record, supported by official court documents, video evidence, and internal communications, exposes a pattern of fabricated evidence. It also shows a malicious prosecution designed to punish a private citizen for speaking out and to exploit the known medical vulnerabilities of a disabled veteran.
- See Conrad’s Lawsuit: Rockenhaus v. Agapiou (2:25-cv-12716)
- See Adrienne’s Lawsuit: Rockenhaus v. Agapiou (2:25-cv-12736)
[WATCH: Feds Hold Up Disabled Couple on False Warrant]
The complete public record for this case, including the official lawsuits, a detailed timeline, and all supporting evidence, is available in the comprehensive press kit.
An Impossible Mandate: The Supervision ‘Catch-22’
At the heart of the federal case is the “Catch-22” of Conrad’s supervision: a set of impossible and contradictory conditions imposed on a 100% medically retired and disabled combat veteran with a TBI.
The U.S. Probation Office demands that Conrad – a man certified as 100% disabled and unable to work by both the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Social Security Administration – simultaneously maintain a full-time job and pay $800 per month in restitution from his disability income.
At the same time, the officers have actively sabotaged his ability to even attempt to comply with this mandate. On two separate occasions, they have conducted unannounced visits and illegally seized his authorized work equipment, owned by his wife’s company, which were the essential tools he used for his approved employment as a software developer.
They have then used this manufactured non-compliance as a basis for fraudulent violation petitions, effectively punishing him for failing to achieve a goal they themselves made impossible. This strategy of entrapment is a core feature of the Bivens civil rights complaint.
The Foundation of Injustice (Texas, 2019–2022)
The ordeal in the Eastern District of Michigan is the second chapter in a multi-year saga that began in Texas. In early 2019, Conrad Rockenhaus, a supporter of free speech and online privacy, refused to help federal agents decrypt traffic on Tor exit nodes he operated for journalists and activists. Months later, on a pretextual, non-violent computer crime (CFAA) charge, he was arrested.
His three-year pre-trial detention was triggered by a single, provably false claim. The official court transcript from a February 20, 2020, hearing provides an irrefutable record of Texas Probation Officer Tiffany Routh testifying under oath that Conrad had installed a “Linux operating system” that “knocked out their monitoring software”.
The Verifiable Lie: The software was, in reality, a pre-approved SPICE graphics driver for his Ph.D. program – not an operating system. It did not, nor could it, disable the monitoring software. Routh used this false claim to baselessly suggest Conrad might be accessing “dark web sites,” an inflammatory accusation she was forced to admit under oath she had no evidence to support.
This false testimony was fueled by a malicious campaign. We have documented proof that Conrad’s then-wife, Ashley Luster, was actively working to keep him incarcerated for her own financial gain. While he was imprisoned, she illegally made herself the representative payee for his Social Security disability benefits, directing the funds to her own account after divorce proceedings had begun. Financial records further document how she systematically drained his bank accounts, maxed out his credit cards, and spent his monthly pension and disability payments.
The Smoking Gun Confession: In a letter to her parents, Luster confessed, “I had some tricks up my sleeve to keep him in there”.
Documented Collusion: Emails reveal Luster colluding with Conrad’s own attorney, Walter Reaves, to secretly prolong his detention.
Based on this foundation of false testimony and conspiracy, Conrad was held for three years in horrific county jail conditions, where he was regularly beaten by guards and denied his life-sustaining seizure medication. The grueling ordeal ended only when he felt forced to accept a coerced guilty plea.
The Price of Speaking Out (Michigan, 2024–Present)
After his release to Michigan, Conrad’s supervision under his first probation officer was stable and compliant. The crisis began in September 2024, when his case was reassigned to Officer Stylianos Agapiou, who immediately created a hostile environment. After months of harassment, illegal property seizures, and threats against Adrienne, she did what any citizen is supposed to do.
The Trigger: On February 13, 2025, Adrienne Rockenhaus filed a detailed, 10-point formal complaint against Officer Agapiou with his supervisors, including Chief Dion Thomas.
The response was not an investigation. It was retaliation.
The Retaliation Begins: Just seven days later, on February 20, 2025, Chief Dion Thomas personally engaged in an act of intimidation by calling Adrienne’s ex-husband and leaving an unnerving and intimidating voicemail, despite having just been given her contact information in an email.
The First Fraudulent Warrant
The April 29, 2025, arrest warrant, signed by Supervisor Jeffry W. Konal, is a fraudulent document built on a foundation of demonstrable lies, malicious omissions, and the deliberate misrepresentation of facts. The petition’s central claim, that Conrad was an “absconder” whose “current whereabouts are unknown”, is systematically dismantled by the probation office’s own communications records.
The warrant also falsely accused Conrad of opening seven new lines of credit. This allegation was later disproven by an investigation that uncovered identity theft against both Conrad and Adrienne, for which a police report was filed. The petition was not an act of supervision; it was an attempt to punish the victim of a crime.
The warrant contains a misleading claim of illicit drug use based on a positive marijuana screen, while deliberately omitting the fact that Conrad has a legal prescription for Marinol (dronabinol), a medication known to cause such a result.
The evidence proves the office was not just aware of Conrad’s hospitalization, but was in active, continuous communication about it.
The Official Notification: Phone records provide irrefutable proof that on February 20, 2025, Adrienne Rockenhaus placed a six-minute call to Chief Dion Thomas’s office at 11:21 AM to formally discuss Conrad’s admission to a VA mental health facility.
The Acknowledged Plan & Continuous Updates: Text messages show the follow-up communication was with Konal himself. He not only acknowledged the plan for Conrad’s doctor to send verification but continued to solicit and receive direct updates from Adrienne from February 24 through at least March 1, 2025. Konal’s sworn statement in the warrant that Adrienne “failed to…provide” updates is a blatant falsehood, contradicted by his own phone’s records.
The Deceptive Misrepresentation of Privacy Laws: Konal’s claim that the VA hospital told him on March 14 that Conrad was not a patient is a deliberate deception. Due to federal HIPAA laws protecting mental health patients, the VA would provide a standard, privacy-compliant “no comment” to an unauthorized caller. Konal, a federal officer, would have known this. He weaponized this privacy law, twisting a legally required non-answer into false “proof” that Conrad was a fugitive when he had already been told to expect a discharge. Conrad’s doctor had been in contact with the probation office as well.
The “absconder” status was manufactured. Supervisor Konal possessed phone records, text messages, and direct knowledge of Conrad’s medical crisis. He chose to ignore all of it, misrepresent the facts, and fabricate a basis for a traumatic arrest.
The Traumatic Raid: On May 5, 2025, U.S. Marshals executed the fraudulent warrant in a raid on the family’s home. Home security footage provides an irrefutable record of officers holding the complying couple at gunpoint and threatening, “If you do anything, I’m gonna release the dog, he’s gonna bite you”. The transporting “John Doe” U.S. Marshal later showed Conrad a sexually harassing text he wrote about Adrienne while he drove recklessly down the shoulder of the highway.
A Suspicious Removal and Punitive Reinstatement
The retaliation was not limited to intimidation. Shortly after Adrienne filed her formal complaint on February 13, Officer Agapiou was quietly placed “on leave” and removed from the case. However, this was not a corrective measure. The timeline suggests a coordinated effort: Agapiou was sidelined while his supervisor, Jeffry Konal, authored the fraudulent “absconder” warrant that led to Conrad’s arrest. Then, just days after the coerced guilty plea was secured on May 13, Agapiou was immediately reinstated to Conrad’s case, a move the family alleges was a punitive measure and a continuation of the harassment.
The Betrayal by Counsel: The Misconduct of Marc Lakin
A central objective of the legal fight is the withdrawal of the guilty plea Conrad entered on May 13, 2025. This plea was not a legitimate admission of the fabricated violations; it was the direct result of a calculated ethical breach and coercion by his own retained attorney, Marc Lakin.
The Coerced Plea: The record shows that Lakin knowingly coerced his client into pleading guilty despite possessing clear evidence of his innocence. On May 7, 2025, six days before the hearing, Lakin was provided with a detailed “Defense Summaries” document, which contained point-by-point exculpatory evidence refuting the “absconder” claim. Despite having this proof, Lakin ambushed his client moments before the hearing on May 13. After separating Conrad from Adrienne at the courthouse to isolate him, Lakin threatened him with more jail time if he refused to plead guilty. This last-minute, high-pressure tactic was a direct and cynical exploitation of Conrad’s known combat-related TBI.
Harassment and Refusal to Withdraw: Lakin’s misconduct continued after he was fired in August 2025. He demanded an exorbitant payment after already having received a large sum for a retainer. When Conrad told him he was unable to pay, Lakin refused to withdraw from the case and engaged in a series of harassing text messages. He made manipulative financial demands, pressuring Conrad to “borrow the money from your wife”. When his withdrawal was formally requested, he issued a direct threat, stating that if forced to file a motion, he “would have to state the reasons, which frankly might put you in a bad light”. This pattern of coercion, threats, and a refusal to withdraw constitutes a profound violation of Conrad Rockenhaus’s Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel and is the primary basis for the motion to withdraw the coerced guilty plea.
Forced Legal Action: As a result of this misconduct, Conrad was forced to act as his own attorney, filing pro se motions with the court on August 21 and August 27 asking the judge to order Lakin’s removal. A comprehensive formal grievance has since been filed against Marc Lakin with the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission and was confirmed as received on August 27, 2025.
The Procedural Trap: A Motion Struck from the Record: The procedural trap Conrad is caught in was perfectly illustrated on August 29, 2025. After his attorney, Marc Lakin, refused to withdraw from the case, Conrad was forced to take the only action available to him and file his own pro se motions asking the judge to intervene. In response, Judge Stephen J. Murphy III struck the filings, citing the standard court rule against “hybrid representation,” which prevents a defendant from acting for themselves while they have an attorney of record. This created a legal Catch-22: Conrad was required to act through a lawyer who refused to act, and was blocked from acting for himself. The judge deferred a final decision, stating that the issue of Conrad’s legal representation will now be addressed at the upcoming supervised release hearing on September 30, 2025, transforming it into a crucial showdown over his constitutional right to effective counsel.
The Second Fraudulent Warrant
After Lakin’s coerced plea put Conrad back under his supervision, Officer Agapiou filed a second warrant petition on August 20, 2025, filled with a new set of demonstrably false claims:
- A fabricated story that Conrad used his vehicle’s OnStar service to instruct Adrienne to wipe a seized phone. Official OnStar records prove this call never happened.
- A false claim that his restitution payments had “bounced”. Verifiable debit card receipts prove the payments were successful.
- A misleading claim of illicit drug use from a positive marijuana screen, while deliberately omitting the fact that Conrad has a legal prescription for Marinol, a medication known to cause such a result.
A Documented Double Standard: The Case of U.S. v. Jalen Johnson
The claim that these punitive actions were standard procedure is verifiably false. Official court records from the case of U.S. v. Jalen Johnson, supervised by the same officer, Jeffry Konal, reveal a stark double standard. Johnson, on supervision for a firearm charge, committed numerous severe and admitted violations, including repeated positive drug tests for marijuana, codeine, morphine, and alcohol, as well as committing new crimes.
Instead of a punitive warrant, Konal’s office responded with a therapeutic approach, referring him to therapy and using a summons to bring him to court. This documented disparate treatment is hard evidence that the actions against Conrad were not procedural, but personal and retaliatory.
The “Computer Expert” Lie: A Fraudulent Basis of Authority
From his first interaction, Officer Agapiou built his authority on a lie, misrepresenting himself to Conrad as the probation office’s “computer forensic expert”. This claim is not only verifiably false, but his actual, verified background consists of a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice from an online college, and employment as a state corrections agent. This is completely inconsistent with the specialized qualifications of a computer forensic expert.
It is also irreconcilable with the documented reality of his personal finances. The profile of a highly compensated federal forensics specialist is fundamentally at odds with the need to work a secondary job as an Amazon Flex driver to make ends meet. This deception about his own professional and financial standing establishes a clear pattern of untrustworthiness, calling into question the veracity of every claim made in his official reports.
A Fight for Accountability
This is not just a case about one veteran. It is about the right of every American to hold government officials accountable without being terrorized.
“When I witnessed a federal officer engage in what I believed to be serious misconduct, I did what any citizen is supposed to do: I filed a detailed, formal complaint through the proper channels,” said Adrienne Rockenhaus. “The retaliation from the officer’s supervisors was immediate and terrifying. We will not be intimidated into silence”.
“As a 100% disabled veteran, I was told that supervised release was a process to help me reintegrate,” said Conrad Rockenhaus. “Instead, my disabilities, especially my Traumatic Brain Injury, have been used as weapons against me. We are fighting for a system that offers veterans justice… not one that exploits their vulnerabilities for the sake of punishment”.
The evidence is clear, the timeline is documented, and the injustice is irrefutable. The question now is one of accountability. Is this the standard of conduct we expect from our federal officers? Contact the U.S. Probation Office for the Eastern District of Michigan and ask them.