Police: Man broke into Iowa City apartment to steal Wi-Fi password

IOWA CITY - An Iowa City man is accused of breaking into his neighbor's apartment to steal her Wi-Fi password.

According to an Iowa City police criminal complaint, an Iowa City woman came home to her apartment in the 300 block of South Governor Street around 4 p.m. Tuesday to find 18-year-old Christopher A. Cummings inside. The woman told police Cummings - who entered the apartment through a window - is her upstairs neighbor, that he had previously asked for her Wi-Fi password and that she told him he couldn't have it.

Police said they spoke with Cummings in front of his apartment. He later admitted to breaking into the apartment in order to get the Wi-Fi password and steal the internet signal, police said.

Cummings was arrested and faces one count of third-degree burglary, a Class D felony punishable by up to five years in prison.