A Texas man is facing multiple charges after police say he secretly filmed guests in his home, “in various state of undress.”
According to court documents, 28-year-old Mitchell Wasek, identified as the son of Buc-ee’s co-founder Don Wasek, has been formally charged for allegedly using spy cameras to record people at the family’s lake house.
Mitchell was originally arrested in October 2023 and was released shortly after on a $10,000 bond.
The residence where the alleged recordings took place is owned by his father, per court documents.
According to KVUE ABC, a grand jury returned six separate indictments against Mitchell, with 21 counts of invasive visual recording, per the Travis County District Attorney’s Office.
Thirteen separate victims claimed they were recorded unknowingly over two years at the family lake house on Lake Travis in Spicewood, Texas.
Mitchell allegedly invited the witnesses to the home where a friend, who works in cybersecurity, found a charging port containing a hidden camera plugged into the bathroom wall. Upon leaving, the friends took the device and later reviewed the camera’s card.
Court documents stated that the friends found dozens of videos of themselves and others in bathrooms and bedrooms “in various states of undress.”
Another witness claimed she found videos of herself and another friend in the bathroom at Mitchell’s Dallas home and has turned that camera and card over to the Dallas Police Department.
Dallas Police has forwarded the evidence to the Travis County Sheriff’s Office.
11 Alive reports that investigators allegedly found 68 videos containing at least 13 individuals filmed in eight separate rooms. The individuals were recorded using toilets, showering, changing clothes and/or having sex in the videos.
After investigating Mitchell’s Amazon purchase history, it showed several hidden camera devices sent to multiple addresses.
It is uncertain at this time how much time Wasek will serve if convicted, but under Texas law, invasive visual recording is a state jail felony that can result in a maximum of two years in jail per count.
Mitchell’s next court date is set for June 5 in Travis County.
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[Feature Photo via Austin PD]
