A man who was arrested in September for
violating a court order to stay away from the University of Wisconsin
campus was charged with four months in Dane County Jail on Monday.
Albert Wellstein, 52, pled no contest
to accusations of violating a restraining order, obstructing an
officer and violating a harassment restraining order.
Wellstein was sentenced to a total of
four months in jail for obstructing an officer and bail jumping. He
was also sentenced to two months for violating the harassment
restraining order, but received credit for the 51 days he has served
in jail.
According to court documents, the
decision was a joint recommendation of District Attorney Timothy
Kiefer and the defendant's attorney Michael Covey.
After serving his sentence, Wellstein
will remain forbidden from setting foot on UW grounds until May 2011.
"He is still banned from campus, and
if we find him on campus, we'll certainly take appropriate police
action," UW Police Department Lt. Eric Holen said.
Wellstein had also been accused of
allegedly sending UWPD Detective Cheryl Radzinski e-mails threatening
her life after she began conducting a harassment investigation
regarding Wellstein, in which Radzinski asked him to refrain from
contacting Wisconsin Public Television staff members.
"I am going to put you in jail or in
your grave," Wellstein wrote in a March 9, 2007 e-mail to
Radzinski, according to court documents. In another instance, he
wrote, "I have been contacted by WPT about volunteering; I will
forward this to them and I hope to hurt you," according to court
documents.
Wellstein had previously been accused
of a misdemeanor bail jumping and disorderly conduct, both of which
were dismissed and read-in, according to court documents.
Wellstein was arrested by UWPD and the
Madison Police Department in the Red Gym Sept. 19, after violating a
restraining harassment order granted in 2007, in which he received
outstanding charges restricting his use of unions on UW lands.
He had previous charges for disorderly
conduct on UW lands dismissed in 2004, and his use of UW lands was
restricted in early 2005.
