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Student gets probation
Noah Cohen
Issue date: 4/6/07 Section: News
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Drexel student Jonathan To was sentenced Mar. 30 to four years probation and 100 hours of community service on a single charge of computer criminal activity.
To, a Cherry Hill East High School graduate, was arrested for using administrative passwords to change the grades of a high school senior, as reported Jan. 26 by The Triangle.
"Computer criminal activity covers purposely and knowingly accessing, without authorization a computer network" explained Camden County Assistant Prosecutor Judy Berry. "He accessed the Cherry Hill Board of Education network," Berry added.
The maxim sentence for such a charge is five years in a state prison however a plea agreement was reached in To's case.
"Someone with no criminal history will likely get probation," Berry said.
Camden County Chief Probation Officer Louis Narvaez said he was "not authorized" to comment on the specifics of To's probation.
Deborah Robertson, operations manager for Superior Court in Camden explained the level of "supervision" ordered depends on a review of the individual's record.
To remains enrolled in at the University according to David Ruth, dean of students.
Ruth explained that the University could pursue its own judicial process against To.
"We are talking about it right now, Public Safety, myself and Judicial Affairs are involved."
"We will know by end of this week or early next," Ruth added.
Although the University has the right to file its own charges Ruth was skeptical they would take action.
"Most likely we will not be pursuing this because the incident did not involve any Drexel resources and occurred before To was a student." Ruth explained.
Attempts to contact To were not returned at the time of publciation.
To, a Cherry Hill East High School graduate, was arrested for using administrative passwords to change the grades of a high school senior, as reported Jan. 26 by The Triangle.
"Computer criminal activity covers purposely and knowingly accessing, without authorization a computer network" explained Camden County Assistant Prosecutor Judy Berry. "He accessed the Cherry Hill Board of Education network," Berry added.
The maxim sentence for such a charge is five years in a state prison however a plea agreement was reached in To's case.
"Someone with no criminal history will likely get probation," Berry said.
Camden County Chief Probation Officer Louis Narvaez said he was "not authorized" to comment on the specifics of To's probation.
Deborah Robertson, operations manager for Superior Court in Camden explained the level of "supervision" ordered depends on a review of the individual's record.
To remains enrolled in at the University according to David Ruth, dean of students.
Ruth explained that the University could pursue its own judicial process against To.
"We are talking about it right now, Public Safety, myself and Judicial Affairs are involved."
"We will know by end of this week or early next," Ruth added.
Although the University has the right to file its own charges Ruth was skeptical they would take action.
"Most likely we will not be pursuing this because the incident did not involve any Drexel resources and occurred before To was a student." Ruth explained.
Attempts to contact To were not returned at the time of publciation.
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