
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, May 3, 1994                   TAG: 9405030169
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

ROANOKE MAN ACCUSED OF HACKING, THEFT

A man suspected of using a laptop computer to take over a small Colorado computer network was arrested in New York City, federal officials said Monday.

Kevin Pacheco, 22, of Roanoke was charged with the electronic equivalent of breaking and entering the Colorado-based Community News Service, according to a federal indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in Roanoke.

Last June, Pacheco allegedly tapped into the Colorado computer network, which serves about 2,000 customers. The network's president, Klaus Dimmler, said the hacker left taunting messages for customers and stole credit card account numbers.

``He got control of the system, and he actually locked us out,'' Dimmler said last fall.

Pacheco also was charged with the use of stolen credit card numbers to purchase a $4,100 IBM Notebook Computer and to run up more than $1,800 in charges on the CompuServe on-line computer service.

by CNB