A 14-year-old boy has been arrested for changing his teacher’s desktop wallpaper to an image of two men kissing.
In what may be the most peculiar arrest of the year so far (though there are undoubtedly many more to come), eighth-grader Domanik Green was charged with cybercrimes after he used a teacher’s password to log into a school computer at Paul R. Smith Middle School in Holiday, Florida. He was charged with offense against a computer system and unauthorized access on March 31st, though was released the following Wednesday from O’Lakes Detention Center.
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According to a report from the Tampa Bay Times, Green accessed a computer which had state standardized testing questions on it, though as the questions are encrypted it has been confirmed that he did not access them whilst changing the computer’s wallpaper to the image of the homosexual kiss. Following the arrest, Green said: “I logged into a teacher’s computer who I didn’t like and tried putting inappropriate pictures onto his computer to annoy him.”
In what is an altogether hysterical statement, Sheriff Chris Nocco said of the incident: “Even though some might say this is just a teenage prank, who knows what this teenager might have done.” Yeah, imagine if he’d have changed his teacher’s screensaver, too? Send him to the chair!
We’re surprised Anonymous hasn’t signed this kid up yet. [Getty Images]
According to Green, students at the Florida school frequently use the admin password in order to video chat with one another, with it being easy to remember due to it being the teacher’s surname. The school said that they were looking at changing its password system (perhaps throw a few numbers in there in the future?) though along with his arrest, Green is also facing a 10-day suspension, with it being unclear if he’ll return to the school afterwards.
Sheriff Nocco hopes Green’s actions will deter other teens in Paul R. Smith Middle School from trying the same prank, saying: “If information comes back to us and we get evidence (that other kids have done it), they’re going to face the same consequences.”
When I was nine years old I witnessed a group of teenager tie a firework to the leg of a cat, so as far as arrest-worthy teenage pranks go, this surely ranks somewhere below the bottom. Stupid, yes, but a cybercrime? I’d have to disagree.
Photo: WTSP-Ch. 10
