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Teen Gets Jail Term For Cutting Internet Service

By Katie DeLong

WISCONSIN RAPIDS - A teen accused of hacking into a computer system and shutting down Internet access to Marshfield for 18 hours has been sentenced to a 90-day jail term. Shaun Lancaster, 18, of Berlin was granted work release privileges as part of his jail sentence on a charge of entering a computer system and causing damage. He also was ordered to serve three years probation and pay restitution of just under $6,000. The criminal complaint said Lancaster attempted last April 25 to gain access to a control console interface at a Solarus computer system station in Marshfield. The first attempt failed, but an attempt two minutes later was successful. When he turned off a router controlling Internet for customers in the Marshfield area, the system went down for about 18 hours and also sustained damage. In sentencing Lancaster last month, Circuit Judge Edward Zappen Jr. ordered that Lancaster undergo any counseling that is deemed necessary. (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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