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(NEWS)(GOVERNMENT)(NYC)(00001)
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Computer Access Arrests In NY 11/03/92
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GREENBURGH, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1992 NOV 3 (NB) -- The
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Greenburgh, New York Police Department has announced the arrest of
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three individuals, Randy P. Sigman, 40; Ronald G. Pinz, Jr, 21; and Byron
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J. Woodard, 18 for the alleged crimes of Unauthorized Use Of A computer
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and Attempted Computer Trespass, both misdemeanors. Also arrested was
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Jason A. Brittain, 22 in satisfaction of a State of Arizona Fugitive From
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Justice warrant.
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The arrests took place in the midst of an "OctoberCon" or "PumpCon"
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party billed as a "hacker get-together" at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel in
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Greenburgh. . The arrests were made at approximately 4:00 AM on
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Sunday morning, November 1st. The three defendants arrested for
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computer crimes were granted $1,000 bail and will be arraigned on
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Friday, November 6th.
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Newsbytes sources said that the get together, which had attracted up to
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sixty people, had dwindled to approximately twenty-five when, at 10:00
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Saturday night, the police, in response to noise complaints arrived and
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allegedly found computers in use accessing systems over telephone lines.
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The police held the twenty-five for questioning and called in Westchester
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County Assistant District Attorney Kenneth Citarella, a prosecutor versed
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in computer crime, for assistance. During the questioning period, the
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information on Brittain as a fugitive from Arizona was obtained and at
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4:00 the three alleged criminal trespassers and Brittain were charged.
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Both Lt. DeCarlo of the Greenburgh police and Citarella told Newsbytes
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that the investigation is continuing and that no further information is
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available at this time.
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(Barbara E. McMullen & John F. McMullen/19921103)
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