School Employee Arrested Over Student Filming

- Montgomery County Police arrested 53-year-old Uladzimir Bartau, a Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School employee, for allegedly recording four students changing in a school locker room using a hidden camera in 2018. - The footage captured four male students, aged 14 to 17, undressing in the pool area changing room on October 18, 2018, with Bartau charged with four felony counts of visual surveillance with prurient intent in private places. - The case, investigated since a 2018 tip and leading to a 2026 arrest, raises alarms over long-delayed detection of child privacy breaches in Maryland public schools despite oversight protocols. (patch.com)