A 17-year-old Palo Alto, California boy broke into his neighbor’s’ house after his data plan on his cell phone ran out.

According to the Sacramento Bee, the residents — who were in their 60s — awoke to someone demanding access to their network, police reported.

The man got out of the bed and forced the teen out of the bedroom and out the front door. He then called the police at approximately 12:30 a.m. and the police picked the teen up a few blocks away. Two kitchen knives were missing, according to the residents, though the police didn’t report whether the knives were found on the teen.

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He has been charged with felony residential burglary and misdemeanors for giving false information and prowling.

Another woman had reported seeing the boy through her bedroom window at 11:45 p.m. He motioned for her to come outside and talk with him. When she did, he begged her for her WiFi network password, saying that he’d run out of his data.

The following day, they noticed a bicycle was missing from their backyard. He had taken the bike and put it on the front lawn, returned to the side-yard and spoke with her. When she turned him down, he grabbed the bike and rode off.