A 67-year-old Apple Valley man with a history of stalking two former Minnesota Public Radio DJs is facing new charges after he allegedly called one of them and left a voicemail, then mailed her a card days later, despite being barred from contacting her under a restraining order that runs for 50 years. Patrick Henry Kelly was charged earlier this month with two counts of violating a restraining order involving former Current DJ Jade Tittle, according to charges filed November 3.
The charges allege Kelly contacted Tittle twice in spring 2026 even though he was barred from reaching out to her, according to the Pioneer Press. Tittle reported to St. Paul police that she received a call and voicemail from Kelly on May 18, 2026, identifying the caller because her phone displayed the name “Kelly Patrick.” In the voicemail, Kelly allegedly said, “hi. i'm looking for a redhead. she goes by the name of honey. i'll try back in a while. hi honey.”
Two days after the call, Tittle told investigators she received a “congratulations card” at her St. Paul home, which she recognized as coming from Kelly based on his handwriting and the phrase “voices carry,” according to the criminal complaint cited by the Pioneer Press. A police officer later reviewed screenshots showing the name “Kelly Patrick” and his phone number before speaking with Tittle by phone on June 22, 2026, the outlet reports.
A Decade of Overlapping Cases
St. Paul police referred the two cases to the Ramsey County Attorney's Office for possible felony charges in August 2026, but prosecutors determined the cases did not meet the state's felony criteria because Kelly lacked two prior convictions within the previous 10 years, per the same account. The cases were then referred to the St. Paul City Attorney's Office in October 2026, which ultimately charged Kelly with two gross misdemeanors.
Tittle left the Current three years before the charges were filed, in part because of Kelly's conduct, the Pioneer Press reports. Her history with Kelly stretches back to July 2021, when she filed for a harassment restraining order against him; a judge extended that order to 50 years — the maximum allowed under Minnesota law — five months later, according to twincities.com.
Kelly pleaded guilty in April 2022 to one felony count of stalking involving Tittle, and the outlet notes he was sentenced that June to a stayed 28-month prison term and four years of supervised probation, which ended April 28, 2026. The Star Tribune reported separately that Kelly's 2022 guilty plea stemmed from twice visiting Tittle's St. Paul home in October, violating a harassment restraining order, and that the plea deal called for him to serve 180 days in jail with no contact with her and completion of any required mental health evaluations, according to the Star Tribune. That outlet also reported that Tittle originally sought a restraining order after Kelly sent flowers to her home and workplace and gave her a burner cellphone so she could call him undetected.
Charged Again, Then Found Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Illness
Kelly was also charged with four counts of violating a harassment restraining order involving Tittle in 2023, after he allegedly mailed cards and letters to her home, twincities.com reports. He was found competent to face those charges, and a stipulated evidence trial was held in June 2025. A Ramsey County judge found him guilty on all four counts that September, then found him not guilty by reason of mental illness.
Court filings described in the same report indicate Kelly sent Tittle two cards without return addresses between July 15 and 17, 2023, both professing that he loved her. A psychologist, per the judge's written order, noted that Kelly admitted to delusions of a romantic relationship with Tittle during an October 2024 forensic interview, and his delusional disorder was characterized as erotomanic type — involving the conviction that another person is in love with the individual.
Kelly has been civilly committed as mentally ill twice. His first six-month commitment began in January 2024, and his second began in September 2025. He was provisionally discharged in January 2026, and that commitment ended April 3, 2026 — roughly six weeks before the May voicemail and card at the center of his newest charges.
An Earlier Stalking Case Involving a Different DJ
Kelly's history of criminal cases tied to Current staff goes back further still. Court records show nine criminal cases have been filed since 2015 involving either Tittle or former co-worker Mary Lucia, per twincities.com's reporting. Kelly began stalking Lucia in March 2014, sending her emails, gifts and calls — first to MPR's studios in downtown St. Paul and later to her Minneapolis home.
Lucia took a seven-month leave of absence from the Current in April 2015 because of the harassment, and Kelly pleaded guilty that year in Hennepin County District Court to stalking and terroristic threats. According to MPR News, he was sentenced in December 2015 to five years of probation, ordered to stay at least 10 blocks from Lucia's home and workplace, and ordered to pay $9,222.99 in restitution. His convictions were later reduced to misdemeanors after he completed probation, which included a no-contact requirement regarding Lucia. Lucia left the Current in April 2022 and published a memoir, “What Doesn't Kill Me Makes Me Weirder and Harder to Relate To,” in 2025.
Minnesota law states that a person who violates a harassment restraining order may be subject to arrest and may be charged with a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor or felony, according to the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes. A 2015 Current article described stalking as a common but little-discussed threat to female DJs.
