I think the bigger takeaway is that the law as it is is much too broad. Certainly if this kid is a repeat offender for this there should be consequences for him, but a felony? If this really is as simple as using a known password then I think some amount of responsibility should fall on the shoulders of the school. Beyond that, if nothing truly crime-worthy was done, say, stealing private information, changing grades, etc., then it seems like this should be a matter handled by the school administration rather than the state.
"He'll likely be granted pretrial intervention by a judge, sheriff's detective Anthony Bossone said."
They're scaring the kid by charging him with a felony. Then the felony charge disappears during a pre-trial intervention, and the kid hopefully learns a little bit of respect afterwards.
> stealing private information
[Redacted] said that on the morning in question, he accessed the computer that stored the FCAT files and, realizing that computer didn't have a camera, found another.
He was trying to spy on the other kids using the school cameras. Since his teacher's computer didn't have access to the cameras, he left a prank instead, and then looked for another computer.
