The man who revealed his plot to shoot up the Super Bowl was sentenced to just over one year in prison Monday.

Kurt William Havelock, 36, received the sentence from U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver. She estimated that with the time Havelock has already served, the Tempe resident will be home with his family in about five weeks.

A jury convicted Havelock in June of six counts of mailing threatening communications related to the incident that occurred on Feb. 3, the same day Super Bowl XLII was played in Glendale. That afternoon, Havelock mailed an eight-page manifesto to media outlets and drove to University of Phoenix Stadium with an AR-15 rifle and six magazine clips containing 30 bullets each.

But he had a change of heart near the stadium and turned himself in to Tempe police later that night.

Havelock's parents were with him that evening, and his mother, Jan, recalled the scene in a tearful plea for mercy before Silver on Monday.

Jan Havelock thought her son was going to receive psychological counseling for his offenses until FBI agents showed up and arrested him, she said.

"They said 'He's not going to the hospital, he's going to jail,' " Jan Havelock recalled.

Judge Silver was clearly concerned with Havelock's treatment options once he is released from prison, noting on multiple occasions during the hearing that Havelock will be required to receive treatment through probation officials.

Silver sealed the courtroom for more than 30 minutes while attorneys discussed findings from Havelock's mental-health evaluation with the judge.

She said Havelock had shown remorse for the situation from the time he set foot in the Tempe police station, calling it "an unusual situation when Mr. Havelock created a danger to the community but from the outset accepted responsibility."

"I am not going to punish Mr. Havelock any more under the law," Silver said.

Havelock, who wept at the defense table while his mother and father read their statements, told Silver he knew he was doing wrong from the moment he dropped the letters in the mailbox.

"I'll never do anything like this again," he said. "I just want to take care of my children and my family."

Havelock told authorities he was under pressure and struggling with debt as a result of the floundering Tempe bar and grill he spent $200,000 on.

He said he was upset with the Tempe City Council, whose members in October 2007 would not recommend him to the state board for a particular liquor license.

Havelock blamed the council for his not being able to provide for his fiancee and their three young children. According to the manifesto, his response was to "slay your children. I will shed the blood of the inno- cent."