Upstate NY middle school teacher Patrick Morgan accused of planting camera in staff bathroom A teacher at an upstate New York middle school was arrested Monday for allegedly planting a hidden camera in a staff bathroom. a report said. Patrick Morgan. 57. was charged with 22 counts of unlawful surveillance for allegedly placing the recording device inside the employee restroom at Sand Creek Middle School in the Albany County town of Colonie. WNYT TV reported. The camera. which resembled a phone charger. was discovered last Friday after capturing images of several staffers inside the bathroom. Police said it appears the camera was in place for at least a couple of days. Investigators do not believe any students were recorded. Morgan — who has taught in the district for 28 years — was placed on administrative leave. He was set free Monday on supervised release and a judge ordered him to undergo a mental health evaluation. #Sports ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIuQpO3r06o

Following Rescue Of Paislee Shultis Upstate. Katie Beers Reflects On Her Experience Being Abducted Back In 1992 LONG ISLAND (CBSNewYork) — The discovery of a child found alive Tuesday. hidden under a staircase in an Ulster County home. is bringing back troubling memories for another victim. Three decades ago. the abduction of a little Long Island girl captivated the nation. Katie Beers was imprisoned in an underground bunker for 17 days. On Wednesday. she offered her perspective to CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff. who covered the Beers case. “I was very sad for her. but ultimately ecstatic that she was found.” Beers said of 6 year old Paislee Shultis. The memories came flooding back to Beers. The images of an unthinkable hiding place and soiled blankets were all too familiar. FLASHBACK: EXCLUSIVE: 2 Decades After Being Held In A Suburban Dungeon. Katie Beers Breaks Her Silence In 1992. Beers was a little girl at the center of headlines — kidnapped and chained in darkness as her captor eluded police. Ultimately. her abductor led investigators to his elaborate underground bunker. The discovery of Paislee hidden under stairs triggered terror. “Even if she was only held under the stairs for 20 minutes. that is still scary.” Beers said. Paislee was hidden by her biological parents who police believe snatched her in 2019 when they lost custody of the then 4 year old. FLASHBACK: Man Convicted In Katie Beers Abduction Found Dead In Cell At Sing Sing Beers was almost 10 years old and could plead with her captor. “He was looking at this as he was going to keep me forever. and as a 10 year old. that was very scary.” Beers said. Beers’ advice to well meaning grownups around Shultis is. “She needs to just be wrapped in love. The best thing for her right now is not be forced to talk about what happened. be able to discuss what happened in her own time.” FLASHBACK: Katie Beers On Cleveland Kidnapping Victims: ‘I Cannot Even Fathom’ Beers’ psychologist. Mary Bromley. helped her slowly unearth memories. culminating “Buried Memories.” a book which Gusoff co authored. Bromley says children told they are being hidden for their own protection lose trust in the world. “She has been told to be quiet and to hide during very important developmental years. She will need intensive therapy like Katie Beers. which went on for 10 years.” Bromley said. “When people find out about my story they always give me this look of almost pity and sorrow and that’s not at all how I want people to look at me.” Beers added. Rather. she said she wants people to focus on her resilience and how far she has come. She said wishes the same for little Paislee. Beers lives with her husband and two children in western Pennsylvania. Editor’s note: This story first ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmhsSEOQXok

What you need to know about Thursday’s snowstorm: Highest snow now up to 9 inches As the storm approaches Michigan. there are a few things I think you should be aware of. The latest data has slight changes. but significant changes in my mind. First. it’s becoming really apparent it’s a two part storm. with the second part being later and the most significant part. The accumulation of snow will almost stop in the middle of the day Thursday. and you may think the snowstorm isn’t happening. The snow will come back into the southeast populated part of Michigan late Thursday afternoon and drop most of the snow Thursday evening. This also means there may be not so dangerous roads to drive on Thursday morning and early afternoon. The road conditions won’t be great. but they may also not be terrible. That situation will change quickly when the second wave of snow starts late Thursday afternoon. This leads to the second slight tweaking. All of the data is consistent on shifting the heavy snow band about 20 miles southeast. Now this puts Ann Arbor. the entire Detroit area. the cities along Lake St. Clair. Monroe. Adrian and Hillsdale right in the middle of the heaviest snow swath. This also means the cities that are on the northern edge of the heaviest snow will have less snow. Grand Rapids. Saginaw and Bay City are definitely not in the heavy snow now. Of course. they weren’t projected to be in the heavy snow earlier either. Flint and Lansing are in the transition zone from heavy snow to not heavy snow. The final tweak is the total snowfall forecast. The heaviest swath of snow has increased an inch or two for the most common amount of snow. Earlier. it looked like a 5 to 8 inch snow in the heavy swath. I would now call it a 6 to 9 inch snow in the heaviest swath. What that should tell you is the storm isn’t falling apart. It’s holding together to be a pretty solid snowstorm for southeast Lower Michigan. Yesterday. it looked like some above freezing air could hang in the Detroit Metro area. and cut the snow by a couple of inches. Now it appears the cold air will be in place before the second wave of heavier precipitation moves into the Detroit area. We have to choose one model to go from. I like the North American Model (NAM) at this distance out from the start and end of the storm. The NAM is good at giving an accurate overall snowstorm placement and snow amount. It can also pinpoint some of the heavier streaks of snow. I would still ignore the 10 inch amounts in the forecast. but keep it in the back of your head that it is possible. So look for 6 to 9 inches. with 6 and 7 inches being common. from Kalamazoo to Coldwater to Jackson to Ann Arbor. Detroit. Oakland County. St. Clair County and the Monroe. Hillsdale and Adrian areas. Kalamazo ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-IofCnBL08

A Russian invasion could reach farther than the Ukraine. How a cyberattack could affect you. WASHINGTON – Russian President Vladimir Putin's track record of unleashing destructive 'hybrid warfare' cyberattacks has U.S. security officials fearing he could once again reach across continents and wreak havoc on unwitting Americans as worries about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine persist. They call it the “spillover effect.” And they say the temporary takedown of some prominent Ukrainian military and financial sector websites Tuesday resembled the kind of prelude to more significant Russian cyberwarfare attacks that could get out of hand. Russia has a long and demonstrated history of unleashing such powerful cyberweapons against its adversaries. former top Pentagon cybersecurity official Lucian Niemeyer told USA TODAY. And once that happens. they can spread virtually anywhere – and potentially everywhere – without the ability to control them he said. “Anytime we see that cyber is involved in an attack around the world. there's always the potential that it can spread quickly and have unintended consequences.” said Niemeyer. who served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy. Installations and Environment from 2017 to 2021. White House and U.S. intelligence officials had no comment on whether they believe the so called Dedicated Denial of Services attacks on the websites of two large Ukrainian banks and the country's defense ministry and Army were the work of state sponsored Russian cyber warriors. Such cyber ops are notoriously hard to attribute. especially given that nation states like Russia often use proxy criminal hacking groups to do theirbidding. according to Niemeyer and other current and former U.S. cybersecurity officials. More: Local governments are more vulnerable to cyberattacks than ever before. DHS wants mayors to step up. But Putin. a former KGB officer. has a demonstrated history of using destabilizing cyberattacks – often much more destructive than Tuesday's – in advance of sending in conventional military forces. That's what happened in 2008. when low grade attacks against Georgia’s Internet infrastructure preceded an all out cyberwar that coincided with Russia's invasion of its neighbor. Cybersecurity experts say that marked the first time a known cyberattack coincided with a shooting war. Since then. the Kremlin also has used cyberattacks as an alternative to conventional warfare when trying to destabilize its enemies and undermine citizens' confidence in their government and private institutions. experts and current and former U.S. officials say. That's especially the case with Ukraine. where Moscow is believed to be behind numerous cyberattacks for nearly a decade. In 2015 and 2016. the Kremlin plan ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktTHwnRvUhk