A middle school student from Florida is now facing charges after altering the desktop wallpaper of a school teacher’s computer who he didn’t like.
Domanik Green, a 14 year old 8th grader from Paul R. Smith Middle School was accused of changing the desktop background of a teacher’s computer to two men kissing via an administrator’s password on March 31st, Green also attempted to download some pornographic content onto the desktop but failed due to web filters so he decided to stick with the 2 men kissing.
Green stated that the password was known and remembered between him and his friends so that they could use the computers for video calls, the password was simply the teacher’s last name and has now been changed.
Green is now being charged for “offense against a computer system and unauthorized access.”
Pasco county sheriff, Chris Nocco stated “Even though some might say this is just a teenage prank, who knows what this teenager might have done,” Sheriff Nocco also said “If information comes back to us, and we get evidence [that other kids have done it], they’re going to face the same consequences.” Another thing the department has said is that the content of the picture has nothing to do with the charges but rather changing the picture itself is a part of the felony charges.
Green was given a 3-day suspension shortly before for doing similar activities.
This is not the first time that Green has changed the desktop background, however, the first time was not reported to the police and was simply taken into the hands of the school. The second time was different.
Eileen Foster, the mother of the 8th grader said that she knows what her son did was wrong but blamed it partially on the schools poor security system. Neither does she think that Green should have been arrested for this.
Green noted that he did this with the intentions of annoying his teacher – a teenage joke.
On Wednesday 8th of April, Green was released from Land O’Lakes Detention Centre and was given a 10-day suspension from school.
Police state that Green will most likely be given a pre-trial intervention.
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Fuck sakes. We did same thing,but not same pictures, but not teacher’s PC.
LOL, we did this almost once a week at my old school, and the teacher laughed when he saw us.
Ridiculous! Where was the supervision? The school’s security and possible homophobia are just as much to blame as this kid.
arresting kids for this now are they? i never would have survived high school with these rules. how many years would i get for skipping 4th period?
florida has gone whackadoodle the past years and it seems to be getting worse. i quit going there and spending money when it became clear they intended to allow the street murder of their young men by vigilantes. nothing about florida is worth dying for.
*uck Florida
If the administrator password was just the last name of the teacher… maybe it’s a little bit his fault… I mean, if you take your last name as password you deserve to be pranked.
This means that the word “felony” is meaningless. We need to stop tying “felony” convictions to extra punishments, because they in no way imply violent or serious offences. And what this kid did is how our security company (when it was a startup) dealt with people who left their workstations unlocked; a bit of harmless snark like setting all system colors to black, or racy background images, and sometimes disgusting pop-ups that the engineer was left to figure out how to make stop.
Oooohhh nooooo!! He CHANGED THE BACKROUND DESKTOP!!
WHAT HAS SOCIETY BECOME?!? HACKER HOODLUM?!!
For fuck sake, his password was his last name. What kind of fucking moron does that? Shit, if you’re a teacher, you should obviously be a little smarter than that…
What the fuck is a 14 year old boy going to do? It’s very rare to even see a 14 year old be able to hack into a computer, let alone bring down an entire network.
His teacher needs to take the chalk out from his asshole, it seems it has been up there way too long for his own good.
And the police wanna give him a Pre-Trial intervention?
I’d pat that kid on the back and say good job, nice prank.
Jesus christ…
Oooohhh nooooo!! He CHANGED THE BACKROUND DESKTOP!!
WHAT HAS SOCIETY BECOME?!? HACKER HOODLUM?!!
For fuck sake, his password was his last name. What kind of fucking moron does that? Shit, if you’re a teacher, you should obviously be a little smarter than that…
What the fuck is a 14 year old boy going to do? It’s very rare to even see a 14 year old be able to hack into a computer, let alone bring down an entire network.
His teacher needs to take the chalk out from his asshole, it seems it has been up there way too long for his own good.
And the police wanna give him a Pre-Trial intervention?
I’d pat that kid on the back and say good job, nice prank.
Jesus christ…
This case should be tried based on the “crime” that was done. Not what the sheriff thinks “could” have been done.