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>> currently we have 260 networks. we have traveled, what, about one yard? >> reporter: we are cruising the streets of new york, scanning for wi-fi hot spots. >> there's somebody's mobile wireless network. >> reporter: many wireless connections are unprotected. >> i can see the photos they're sharing -- 4 many people are hacked accessing free wifi. when we talk about a coffee shop or computer store that offers free wi-fi, hotel even, is it safe to go on there? >> it is very easy for an intruder to see pretty much everything you are doing. >> reporter: if you are banking online, paying bills, a...

>> currently we have 260 networks. we have traveled, what, about one yard? >> reporter: we are cruising the streets of new york, scanning for wi-fi hot spots. >> there's somebody's mobile wireless network. >> reporter: many wireless connections are unprotected. >> i can see the photos they're sharing -- 4 many people are hacked accessing free wifi. when we talk about a coffee shop or computer store that offers free wi-fi, hotel even, is it safe to go on there? >> it is very easy for an intruder to see pretty much everything you are doing. >> reporter: if you are banking online, paying bills, a...

Maryland, which they thought he would voluntarily give his dna to prove he had not been involved in the fight. >> and we were not leaving easton, maryland, until we got his dna. >> this proved to be harder than investigators anticipated. denny smoked during his interrogation but always made sure to keep the cigarette butts. detectives offered him a bottle of water, but he wouldn't touch it. finally, they asked him to sign a document saying he refused to provide his dna. >> we asked him to put the letter into envelope and seal the envelopes. he refused to seal the envelopes and basically told u...

>> apparently, coldwell put some forethought into this tree disguise. >> he comes from a military background where he served in the special forces of the army. part of his training would be -- they would put him on an island with nothing and he'd have to make and fend for himself and try to infiltrate another military squad on that island. if he had just placed a couple of more branches with leaves on the sides, we never would have got him. >> james coldwell pleads guilty and is sentenced to 28 months at the federal prison in otisville, new york. seems like this tree robber scheme was rooted i...

Easton, maryland, until we got his dna. >> this proved to be harder than investigators anticipated. denny smoked during his interrogation but always made sure to keep the cigarette butts. detectives offered him a bottle of water, but he wouldn't touch it. finally, they asked him to sign a document saying he refused to provide his dna. >> we asked him to put the letter into envelope and seal the envelopes. he refused to seal the envelopes and basically told us, look, you tried three timeses to get my saliva on something. first the cigarette butt, then the water bottles and now the envelopes. se...