TEXARKANA, Texas -- A man accused of using a hidden device to secretly record a woman and her two daughters in their bathroom appeared Monday before a Bowie County judge.
Jarrod Wade Dee, 36, stood with Assistant Public Defender Bart Craytor at a hearing before 5th District Judge Bill Miller. Craytor entered a plea of not guilty on Dee's behalf to a charge of invasive visual recording involving an 11-year-old girl.
Miller noted that since Dee's arrest in December and indictment in March, new allegations involving the girl's mother and sister have resulted in two additional charges of invasive visual recording.
Assistant District Attorney Katie Carter said she expects the new cases to be presented to a Bowie County grand jury in the coming months.
"Alright, Mr. Dee, as I think you're aware, this is not our first rodeo on this," Miller said, referring to a prior conviction in Cass County, Texas.
In the Cass County case, Dee used a hidden camera to film the daughter of a woman he was dating in 2015 while the girl was in the bathroom. He was found guilty of invasive visual recording and sentenced to a maximum two-year term in a state jail in 2017.
Miller, who serves Bowie and Cass counties, presided over the trial.
Dee's bails on the charges pending in Bowie County total $100,000. Miller told Dee if he manages to post bond, he is prohibited from possessing any electronic device capable of making an audio/visual recording, including a phone.
Miller said Dee will be required to wear a GPS leg monitor, remain on house arrest at a residence in Bowie County and have no contact with anyone under 18, should he post bond.
Dee allegedly lived in a mobile home on the same property as a couple and their children in Texarkana, Texas, according to a probable cause affidavit.
The father reportedly told Bowie County Sheriff's Office investigators that he has known Dee since elementary school and that the two have been friends "all of their adult lives."
The couple found a digital recording device hidden under a bathroom cabinet Dec. 5. They removed the memory card from the device and put it into a home computer.
"The video appeared to depict Mr. Dee attaching the camera to its location under a cabinet in a bathroom," the affidavit states.
Video of the 11-year-old entering the bathroom, disrobing, taking a shower, exiting the shower and getting dressed was allegedly found.
Investigators learned in February that Dee allegedly left some personal property with another party prior to his arrest in December, including a cell phone, a memory card, a plug-in recording device and 92 printed photos.
More than 70 of the photos allegedly depict nudity.
"A total of 63 of the nude photographs appear to be of a female in the bathroom by either using a cellular telephone camera aimed under the bathroom door or utilizing a digital recording device," the affidavit states.
Of the photos depicting nudity, 20 are allegedly of the 11-year-old, 29 are allegedly of the child's mother and 14 are allegedly of another minor daughter.
Dee's cell phone allegedly contained folders labeled with the names of alleged victims.
"A number of the videos on Dee's telephone appear to be of him walking around the (alleged victims') house at various times with the phone recording. At some times he records under the table as different females are sitting at the table with him and others are recordings in which it appears that he put the telephone camera under the bathroom door while someone was showering," the affidavit states.
Dee faces six months to two years in a state jail on each of three counts if convicted of invasive visual recording.