Overview
- Irving police charged 19-year-old Markarious Jevonne Bates on June 26 with multiple counts of invasive visual recording after linking him to covert recordings at local businesses.
- Officers first responded to a report at a TJ Maxx on June 3 where a woman said a man was photographing and recording from a neighboring stall, and loss-prevention staff supplied a Dodge Challenger license plate that tied to the suspect.
- A Flock license-plate-reader alert led officers to Bates’s vehicle on June 15, a traffic stop produced his phone and a voluntarily given passcode, and a search warrant on June 22 yielded more than 290 images and videos.
- Investigators identified recordings from multiple stores along North MacArthur Boulevard dating back to April 2026 and say there may be additional, unreported victims who should contact Detective S. Herring.
- Police are coordinating victim outreach and processing digital evidence, and the case could lead to further charges as detectives review the recovered material and pursue new leads.