Teen busted for breaking into home for Wi-Fi

A California teen broke into a home through an open window this week — to ask residents if he could use their Wi-Fi, cops said.

The Palo Alto couple in their 60s woke up around 12:30 a.m. Sunday to see the stranger standing in their bedroom, police said.

Instead of ransacking the joint, the intruder, a 17-year-old boy wearing a T-shirt around his face, asked the couple if he could hop on their Wi-Fi network, cops said.

But the homeowner threw up a firewall — bolting out of bed, and pushing the wannabe web-crawler outside.

Cops quickly arrested the teen, whose name wasn’t released because he’s a juvenile, and charged him residential burglary, a felony, as well as prowling and providing false information to an officer — both misdemeanors, authorities said.

The teen’s networking may have been a ruse — the couple reported that two kitchen knives were missing from a drawer.

Meanwhile, police said it wasn’t the teen’s only Wi-Fi request of the night.

About 45 minutes earlier, a Palo Alto woman in her 20s spotted the teen outside her bedroom window, standing in the yard and motioning that he wanted to talk to her.

When she approached, he asked for permission to use her network because he was out of data.

She refused and he sped off on a bicycle — which police believe may have been stolen.

He may face an additional misdemeanor petty theft charge.

via:  https://nypost.com/2018/07/27/teen-busted-for-breaking-into-home-for-wi-fi/