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SALEM, Ore. - Police are warning folks to secure their Internet connections after they say they found a registered sex offender sitting in a vehicle surfing pornography using an unsecured wireless network.

David Thompson, 27, was charged with four counts of theft of services after police were dispatched to an area in south Salem on June 16 on a report of a suspicious vehicle.

When officers arrived, they approached the vehicle in question and saw pornography on the suspect's laptop computer screen.  It turned out the laptop did not have an air card and was tapped into an unsecured wireless network.

Thompson admitted to police he had used the wireless connection on several different occasions.

Police would like to remind folks to secure their wireless network in their homes and/or businesses to stop something like this from happening.  And remember, if someone uses your wireless network to surf pornography, the material can be traced back to your system.

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