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Felony For Refreshing a Web Page?

Posted by Zonk on from the dangerous-pixelantes dept.

therandomw writes "An 18 year-old boy was recently arrested in Ohio for telling fellow students to refresh the schools web page in order to slow down the server. He is being charged with a felony and is currently being held in jail. According to Canton City Prosecutor Frank Forchione 'This new technology has created a whole wave of crimes, and we're just trying to find ways to solve them.'"

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  1. Re:must be more zero tolerance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://lake.stark.k12.oh.us/hs/

    this one?

  2. Video of Story by wike · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's a link to a video newstory that provides some more details: http://www.wkyc.com/video/player.aspx?aid=18650&si d=45721&bw= This story has been up on Digg.com for a few hours, the school's website has been down most of the day

  3. Canton Law Dept page by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Since the school's site is already DDoS'd, here is the Canton Law Dept. Let's see how fast we can take the prosecutor down.

    1. Re:Canton Law Dept page by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      Joseph Martuccio, Law Director
      218 Cleveland Ave SW
      Canton, OH 44702
      Phone: 330 - 489-3251
      Fax: 330 - 489-3374
      jmcarman@ci.canton.oh.us
      Think I might send the citys law director am email telling him to get real.

  4. Number of hits by Silverlancer · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to the folks at Fark, who got to it before the slashdotting, it only had about 900 hits total. Come on, they crashed the server in NINE HUNDRED HITS?!

  5. Re:This doesn't make any sense by jfern · · Score: 5, Informative

    The activist conservative United States Supreme Court ruling Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad of 1886 claimed that the 14th amendment somehow gave rights to corporations. The idea of "corporate personage" was born. Of course, they have a lot more rights than persons.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_County_v. _Southern_Pacific_Railroad

  6. Re:must be more zero tolerance by Rei · · Score: 5, Informative

    If anyone wants to try and reach the kid (Michael Stone) to offer support, the Stark County Jail's contact info is:

    4500 Atlantic Blvd. NE
    Canton, OH 44705
    Phone: 330-430-3850
    Fax: 330-430-3839
    Sherriff W. Bruce Umpleby

    I can't find the boy's home phone to leave support messages there, although the article mentions that his address is:

    13634 Mogadore Ave N.W.
    Canton, OH (44685? Google maps finds the address, but USPS's site doesn't)

    Which is a nice looking suburban home:

    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=13634+Moga dore+Ave.+NW.,+Canton,+OH&btnG=Search&ll=40.95199, -81.39827&spn=0.005348,0.013465&t=k

    --
    South Park pokes fun at sacred cows to make a point. Family guy pokes cows to hear them moo.
  7. Re:School URL might be wrong, try this-- by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ouch, wrong one. I actually go there, the one in Millbury, not the one in Canton. Kind of confusing, actually.