Posted on 07/13/2011 8:30:39 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
Minnesota hacker Barry Ardolf was sentenced to an 18-year term in a federal prison this Tuesday. Ardolf had terrorized a neighboring family for two years through a carefully planned campaign involving a hijacked Wi-Fi network to harass, frame and embarrass the next-door neighbors in every facet of their lives.
Ardolfs obsessive passive-aggression was apparently ignited in late 2008 when his neighbors, Matt and Bethany Kostolnik, filed a police report against him. The Kostolniks had a 4-year old son who wandered over to their next-door-neighbors property shortly after moving into the Minnesota suburb of Blaine. Ardolf, 46 and a father of two, had reportedly picked the boy up carried him back to the couple and then kissed the child on the lips. Ardolf was offended when the cops were called and vowed his revenge like every good villain.
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This guy is a fruitcake. Glad he got caught and punished.
“This guy is a fruitcake...”
When you read this story, it sort of makes even your most annoying neighbors “harmless”. This guy downloaded child porn to a made up sight against his neighbor and threatened the VP (and made it look like his neighbor did it). I wonder how close the neighbor came to being dragged out of his home under arrest for something he never did. Just dang!
Wow! I don’t think 18 years is too much. He deserves it.
Love the comment at the end of the article. NO it’s not excessive. 18 years is just fine for this scumbag.
A “fruitcake” is understatement. He tried to financially and legally ruin his neighbor’s lives. He should go away for much more than 18 years. What he did is unconscionable in the IT business.
After reading about this clown, I’m ready to go next door and kiss my neighbor on the lips for being a good neighbor.
I’ll bet he’d enjoy that.
18 years isn’t enough for this creep. He was out to absolutely destroy a family! Psychopath!
Interesting that the author of the piece thinks 18 years might be overkill. The guy was willing to destroy other people’s lives. He doesn’t need to be walking around. There was a time when societies put the antisocial out of their culture permanently. At least he will get to live and be fed. And he might eventually get out.
[ Im ready to go next door and kiss my neighbor on the lips for being a good neighbor. ]
What a concept!!!...
It might be being done in many locations..
I loved the comment about Adolph learning what its like to be kissed by a stranger. LOL
Geez and I thought my neighbors were bad.....Compare to this looney toon my neighbors are Ozzy and Harriet! 18 years in a federal prison and labeled a Sex Offender...hope he gets a nice welcome in prison.
Before reading the article, I had wondered what on earth the guy could have done to merit 18 years in prison.
After reading, I think the guy actually got off LIGHT. Simply deplorable.
“18 years is just fine for this scumbag”.
When I see that someone gets 18 years, I cut that in half for good behavior. Then I cut it again for some other reason. Whatever the sentence, let him think about his behavior while in prison. I agree with the terms of limiting his use of a computer as well as an established part of his probation/parole. He has proven that his skills are simply used as a way to try to destroy people’s lives. IMHO.
Wonder what happened to the other family...?
Unless he was “consuming” kiddie porn for his own gratification, you have to wonder about tagging him as a sex offender. The more you stack the sex offender lists with people who fought dirty with neighbors, 18 year olds who had sex with their 15 year and 11 month old girl friend ect, the more useless they become.
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