PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — A Florida TikTok “demonologist” is facing a felony computer-related charge after police accused him of accessing women’s private information and discussing passwords, banking activity and other personal details in videos posted online.
Mark Stephen Asea, 36, of Port St. Lucie, was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail on Sept. 30 on one pending count of offense against computer users. His bond was set at $35,000, according to jail records cited in CBS12’s local report on the case.
Asea has used unusual labels for himself online. The Independent reported after his latest arrest that his TikTok biography included “Demonologist,” “Grey Hat Hacker,” “Clairsentient,” “Empath” and “Woodsman.”
But investigators were interested in more than his social-media persona.
‘Let’s talk about your actual password’
According to a police affidavit described by FOX 13 Tampa Bay, investigators reviewed a TikTok video in which Asea allegedly referred to one woman’s password, her device identifiers and her recent online purchases.
“Let’s talk about your actual password,” Asea said in the video, according to the affidavit transcript quoted by The Independent.
He then allegedly asked about the woman’s recent online purchases.
The woman told investigators that she had shared the password only inside a closed TikTok group chat and had not authorized anyone to distribute it. She said she did not know how Asea could have obtained other information, including details connected to her phone or banking activity.
Investigators also documented allegations that he referred to her vehicle and claimed he could determine her location using her phone’s GPS, according to CBS12’s reporting.
Police said the case also involved a second woman who had previously allowed Asea to remotely access her computer while helping her troubleshoot an application.
That woman later alleged that Asea claimed he had placed software on her computer that allowed him to continue accessing information without her permission. She also told investigators that an image from a private Telegram message later surfaced in one of his TikTok posts, according to FOX 13.
Investigators said Asea posted more than 100 TikTok videos mentioning one of the women, at times uploading as many as six in one day, according to CBS12.
A case that was closed — then reopened
The latest arrest follows an earlier Port St. Lucie police investigation.
Asea was arrested in April on two computer-access counts and a stalking count, according to court records reviewed by FOX 13. Those charges were dropped in early May and the case was closed later that month.
Four months later, the case was reopened on Sept. 24 and a new computer-related allegation was added.
Public reporting reviewed so far does not explain why prosecutors dropped the earlier charges or what specifically prompted them to revive the criminal case.
A separate civil stalking matter also ended without a lasting injunction. The Independent reported that a temporary injunction obtained against Asea in July was dissolved and that case was dismissed Sept. 8.
The allegations in the current criminal case have not been proven in court.
Asea is scheduled for arraignment on Nov. 19, according to court information cited by FOX 13 and The Independent.
That hearing should provide the next formal step in a case built in large part around what investigators say appeared publicly on social media — and information two women said should have remained private.
