Wireless Freeloader Charged Because He Never Bought Coffee

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: eekid () aol com
Date: June 23, 2006 3:23:20 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Wireless Freeloader Charged Because He Never Bought Coffee

Wireless Freeloader Charged Because He Never Bought Coffee
By Gregg Keizer

Thu Jun 22, 6:32 PM ET
A Vancouver, Wash. coffee shop tired of seeing a 20-year-old man  
mooch off their free wireless Internet access called the police, who  
charged him with "theft of services."
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Brewed Awakenings employees dialed 911 after Alexander Eric Smith of  
Battle Ground, Wash. piggybacked off the shop's wireless Internet  
service for more than three months.
"He doesn't buy anything," Emily Pranger, the shop's manager, told  
KATU, a Portland, Ore. television station. "It's not right for him to  
come and use it."
Smith allegedly parked his truck in the parking lot to use Brewed  
Awakenings' wireless access.
County deputies charged Smith with theft of services after returning  
to the parking lot after they told him to stop. The crime, which  
covers such crimes as bypassing a utility meter, stealing cable, and  
leaving a restaurant without paying, has been used in the past to  
prosecute hackers who have accessed a computer or network without  
paying for it. "It's something that is borderline creepy," Pranger  
said to KATU.
The Clark County sheriff's office and its prosecutors are reviewing  
the case, the television station's Web site noted.

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