Vincent Ardolf of Blaine, Minn., stopped his trial Dec. 17 and confessed to hacking into his neighbor’s wireless Internet connection to hide his identity while he committed a number of crimes. Ardolf pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated identity theft and one count each of possession of child pornography, distribution of child porn, unauthorized access to a protected computer and threats to Vice President Joe Biden. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on the child porn distribution charge; 10 years on child porn possession charge.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2010/12/minnesota-man-hacked-neighbors-wifi.html