Teen-Age Hacker Admits Guilt in Computer Crimes
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A teen-ager pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges he used his home computer to make telephone bomb threats to a school and a restaurant and to tie up the phone lines of two law enforcement agencies.
The 17-year-old high school student from San Gabriel pleaded guilty in Pasadena Juvenile Court to two felony counts of making a false bomb report and one felony count of obtaining telephone services by fraud.
Deputy Dist. Atty. Richard Lowenstein said the youth used his home computer to make telephone bomb threats to Flintridge Academy and a fast-food restaurant in Temple City. He also used his computer’s automatic re-dialing feature to tie up the telephone lines--including the 911 emergency line--of the Hayward Police Department and the Sheriff’s Department’s La Crescenta substation.
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