Biden Death Threat Case: Minnesota Man Says He’s Not Guilty Anymore

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By David Kravets April 22, 2011 | 4:50 pm | Categories: The Ridiculous, Threats


A Minnesota man who admitted trying to frame his neighbor by sending threatening e-mail to Vice President Joe Biden using the neighbor’s Wi-Fi now wants to withdraw his guilty plea, arguing that he himself was framed.

The imprisoned defendant, Barry Ardolf, wrote the judge presiding over his case Thursday that he was innocent, that his attorney “coerced” his plea, and that he was “sleep-deprived” and sharing a cell with a double murderer “who was terrorizing me,” when he pleaded guilty to six charges of computer hacking and child porn in December. He faces decades behind bars pending an unscheduled sentencing hearing.

Ardolf, following a dispute with his neighbor, allegedly hacked into the neighbor’s Wi-Fi, set up Yahoo e-mail accounts in his neighbor’s name, and then sent e-mail to Biden reading in part ”I swear to God I’m going to kill you!”

The 45-year-old would have soon been freed from prison if he had taken an earlier 2-year plea deal.

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