{"id":420045,"date":"2026-10-06T09:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T09:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420045\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T09:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T09:08:17","slug":"bizarre-mugshot-shows-demonologist-accused-of-tracking-women-by-their-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420045\/","title":{"rendered":"Bizarre mugshot shows \u2018demonologist\u2019 accused of tracking women by their phones"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Florida TikToker <\/a>who calls himself a \u201cdemonologist\u201d was arrested<\/a> after allegedly turning at least two women\u2019s private information into social media posts \u2014 and tracking one woman\u2019s location<\/a> through her phone\u2019s GPS. <\/p>\n

Mark Stephen Asea, 36, of Port St. Lucie, was taken into custody Wednesday on a felony count of offense against computer users. <\/p>\n

Asea, who describes himself in his TikTok biography as a \u201cDemonologist,\u201d Clairsentient,\u201d \u201cEmpath,\u201d \u201cPTSD,\u201d \u201cGrey Hat Hacker,\u201d and \u201cWoodsman,\u201d was arrested in April on stalking and computer-related allegations, Fox News reported. <\/a><\/p>\n

His arrest last week revived that criminal case, which had been dropped by prosecutors in May. <\/p>\n

Two women who had gone to Asea for technology help wound up having their private information leaked in his TikTok videos, according to the police affidavit. <\/p>\n

\"MarkMark Stephen Asea was arrested on a felony count of offense against computer users (St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p>\n

In one video, Asea allegedly shared details about one woman\u2019s devices and claimed to know about her recent spending. <\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s talk about your actual password,\u201d he said in the video. \u201cHow about we talk about the last 10 purchases you made online?\u201d <\/p>\n

The woman later told investigators that the password had been shared in a closed TikTok group chat that did not include Asea. The woman said no one in the group had permission to share the password, and questioned whether Asea had joined using a fake account. She also said that she didn\u2019t know how Asea would have obtained her phone identification number or banking information. <\/p>\n

The second woman also went to Asea for technical support, telling police that she allowed him to remotely access her computer in October 2025 to troubleshoot an application. <\/p>\n

However, months later, he claimed to have secretly placed a virus on her computer that gave him access to all her information without her knowledge, according to the report. <\/p>\n

\"AseaAsea allegedly made more than 100 TikToks about one woman whose location he was tracking through her phone (Reuters)<\/p>\n

The woman told authorities that a photograph of a private Telegram message from her phone later appeared in one of Asea\u2019s TikTok posts. Asea later claimed that the image came from a WhatsApp exchange, according to the affidavit. However, the woman showed investigators a screenshot of the photograph from her phone. <\/p>\n

Investigators said they also found evidence of Asea bragging about finding her location through her phone.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to the GPS within her phone, but what did I do?\u201d he said in a video, according to the affidavit. <\/p>\n

Investigators said that Asea uploaded more than 100 TikTok videos mentioning one woman. <\/p>\n

He also faced a separate civil stalking protection case over the summer when a woman obtained a temporary injunction in July. However, a judge dismissed that case on September 8. <\/p>\n

Prosecutors reopened the criminal case against Asea on September 24 and filed the current charge alleging unauthorized access to a computer or electronic device. It was not immediately clear why the earlier charges against Asea were dropped. <\/p>\n

The Independent has contacted the St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office and TikTok for more information. <\/p>\n

Asea\u2019s bond was set at $35,000, according to the sheriff\u2019s office. He is set to be arraigned November 19. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-420045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}