Twin Cities Radio: Lucia Stalker Pleads Guilty

Patrick Kelly

A Twin Cities man pleaded guilty to stalking and making terroristic threats a prominent Twin Cities radio personality on the same day his trial was to begin, according to KARE-TV11.

Hennepin County District Court Judge William Koch conditionally accepted the guilty pleas entered by 56-year-old Patrick Kelly of Eden Prairie, and set Oct. 13 as the date to formally accept the pleas and sentence Kelly.

Koch ordered a pre-sentence investigation and a mental health exam. Kelly is being held in jail without bail until the October.

Speaking in a clear, strong voice, Kelly said he understood he was giving up his right to a trial and other rights. "Yes, I want to take full responsibility," he said of the crimes he committed against KCMP 89.3 FM The Current DJ Mary Lucia.

Mary Lucia

When questioned by his lawyer and the judge, Kelly also maintained that he also wanted to keep the record straight. He acknowledged that in July 2014, he was served with restraining orders from Lucia and from her company, Minnesota Public Radio, requiring him to stay away from Lucia, Lucia's Minneapolis home and MPR headquarters in St. Paul where she worked.

When asked about a note in a plastic bag from him to Lucia found on her back step on August 12, 2014, Kelly admitted he did it, but denied he went into her yard, saying he just dropped it over the back fence. He also admitted he left a bottle of wine, candle and note on her front stoop the same day.

Kelly admitted to leaving more letters and a bouquet of flowers on different days that same month. Judge Koch asked him if understood that the restraining order prohibited him from taking those actions.