The criminal charges for the SCO break-in turned out better than I could have hoped. The charges against Bonnie were dropped, and my attorney, who knew the prosecutor, Michael Barton, got me a good deal. For anyone else—for what was technically a first offense, since my juvenile records were sealed—the case would have been charged as a misdemeanor. But because I was Kevin Mitnick, with a badass reputation, the prosecutor initially insisted on charging me with a felony—even though my trespass into SCO’s network still amounted to only a misdemeanor under the law. I agreed to admit to the trespass to settle the case and get the charges against Bonnie dropped. I wouldn’t have to serve any jail time, only pay a way-modest $216 fine and be on "summary probation" for thirty-six months—meaning that I wouldn’t have to report to a Probation Officer. The only other obvious condition was that I had to promise not to "commit any crimes."