LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A U.S. appeals court tossed the conviction of an Arizona man accused of plotting to kill fans at the 2008 Super Bowl and sending threatening letters.
Kurt William Havelock allegedly planned to shoot arriving spectators to express his outrage at having been denied a liquor license to open a horror-themed bar in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe -- a massacre allegedly averted only when Havelock had a last-minute change of heart after arriving at the stadium with an assault rifle and 200 rounds of ammunition, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Before going to the stadium Havelock allegedly mailed six letters containing a rambling "manifesto" justifying his planned attack, the newspaper said.
The mailed documents were the basis of a criminal indictment brought against Havelock, who was convicted by a jury and sentenced to a year and a day in prison and three years of supervised release. UPI
