Computer expert Addison Osterhout with "Computer Answers" in Albany showed us how easy it is to hack a smart phone.

“The simplest is using a free program that you can download,” Says Osterhout. “Get some tutorials on line and in about 10 minutes you can do it.”

Sure enough in ten minutes Addison was monitoring everything the photographer was doing: if he had been logging onto his bank's website, he would have gotten his passwords, account number, you name it.

It’s called a "Man in the Middle" intercept.

It can happen if you use an unsecured Wi-Fi connection like those found in airports, bus stations and internet cafes.

The thief’s software pretends to be the router you're trying to connect to, he decrypts your data, copies it, re-encrypts it and then sends it on to your bank.

While you were taking care of business, but so was the crook.

Albany Police arrested four kids and charged them with stealing BB guns from Wal-Mart.

It happened Thursday night at the store on Washington Avenue Extension.

According to police the kids, ages 11, 12 and 13, were caught trying to walk out of the store with the BB guns in their waistbands.

They were all charged with petit larceny and turned over to their parents.

Two local men are accused of driving drunk with a child in the car.

Todd Mitchell of Queensbury was arrested Sunday night on the Thruway in Greene County. State police say he was drunk and had a 9-year-old passenger in his car. He also has a prior DWI conviction within the past 10 years.

Also Kevin Howie Jr. of Schenectady was stopped Saturday night on the Thruway in Guilderland for speeding in a work zone. Police say he was also drunk and had a 12-year-old passenger in his car.

Both men are charged with felonies.