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A man arrested in September at the Red Gym for violating a
court order to stay off the University of Wisconsin campus until May 2011 plead
no contest to charges Wednesday.

Albert Wellstein,
51, was charged with resisting a police officer and misdemeanor bail jumping in
May 2007 and knowingly violating a harassment restraining order to stay off the
UW campus in September 2007.

Wellstein had
previously been charged with two counts of sending threatening computer
messages, one count of resisting a police officer in March 2007, one count of
disorderly conduct and use of a dangerous weapon in May 2007, and one count of misdemeanor
bail jumping in September 2007. These charges were dismissed but read in for
purposes of sentencing.

When charges are read in, prosecutor Tim Kiefer said, the
defendant "can't be sentenced to additional jail for it, but the conduct can go
into the overall sentencing on the other charges, meaning that the conduct can
be considered at the time of sentencing."

According to a circuit court criminal complaint in February
2007, Detective Cheryl Radzinski began conducting a harassment investigation
regarding Wellstein, which originated at Wisconsin Public Television.

Radzinski contacted Wellstein, instructing him to refrain
from contacting WPT staff members, she said. In response, Radzinski reportedly
received life-threatening e-mails from Wellstein.

"I am going to put you in jail or in your grave," Wellstein
wrote in a March 9, 2007, e-mail to Radzinski. In an earlier e-mail, he wrote,
"I have been contacted by WPT about volunteering; I will forward this to them
and I hope to hurt you."

Wellstein reportedly resisted when arrested for this offense
in a library at Madison Area Technical College's downtown campus.

Detective Peter Grimyser reported to have approached
Wellstein at his place of employment in May 2007. Wellstein then reportedly
greeted him with a baseball bat in hand and yelled for others to "call the
Madison police."

According to Grimyser, after he was able to handcuff
Wellstein, a search for weapons and contraband revealed nothing.

Last September, UW Police Department officer Nick Banuelos
reported Wellstein on the second floor of the Red Gym in clear violation of a
harassment restraining order keeping him off the UW campus, which had been
granted in June 2007.

Prosecutor Tim Keifer said he and defense attorney Michael
Convey agreed to take the plea Wednesday but will allow Wellstein to appear
Monday morning to make a victim impact statement.

Judge Stuart Schwartz said the potential punishments against
Wellstein could add up to a maximum penalty of $21,000 and 21 months in prison.

The two attorneys decided upon joint sentencing
recommendation, but Schwartz said he could still sentence Wellstein to the
maximum amount allowed by law.