State: Wi-Fi cloaks a new breed of intruder: "Police say Benjamin Smith III, 41, used his Acer brand laptop to hack into Dinon's wireless Internet network."

Bet he didn't hack in at all - many wireless setups have no security by default. This is a classic piece of reporting:

But experts believe there are scores of incidents occurring undetected, sometimes to frightening effect. People have used the cloak of wireless to traffic in child pornography, steal credit card information and send death threats, according to authorities.

Any unprotected internet access will do , you know !