Sec. 4.

A person shall not intentionally access or cause access to be made to a computer program, computer, computer system, or computer network to devise or execute a scheme or artifice with the intent to defraud or to obtain money, property, or a service by a false or fraudulent pretense, representation, or promise.

As someone sitting a couple blocks from this prosecutor's office, and also someone that provides advertised free wireless, I don't see how this could have gone forward. But I am considering adding a note to the welcome page that gets displayed when someone connects, asking the DA to please not prosecute my patrons.

At what point does the customer relationship end? If this man had ever purchased a cup of coffee, then wasn't he in fact a customer? If he turned on his laptop before going to the counter, was he breaking the law until a financial transaction was complete? From the law above, I simply don't see any of the required intent.