{"id":3037,"date":"2026-05-30T04:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3037"},"modified":"2026-05-30T04:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:02:30","slug":"former-hedwig-village-employee-sentenced-for-hiding-camera-in-restaurant-bathroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3037","title":{"rendered":"Former Hedwig Village employee sentenced for hiding camera in restaurant bathroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p><span><strong>HEDWIG VILLAGE, Texas<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>A former employee at a Hedwig Village restaurant will be serving over 210 days of jail time for hiding a camera inside a bathroom at the business.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3032\">Montgomery County constable deputy fired, arrested for using \u2018sensitive information\u2019<\/a><\/p> <h2>Hedwig Village: Sentencing for hidden restaurant camera<\/h2> <!-- --><p>What we know:<\/p> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><p>Harris County Court records confirm Bayron Elias Pu has been sentenced on the charge of invasive visual recording. He pleaded guilty to the charge on Friday.<\/p> <!-- --><p>It was decided that Pu would be sentenced to one year in the State Jail Division starting on Friday, but the court granted him credit for 150 days, leaving 215 days left to serve.<\/p> <!-- --><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3035\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/118323cd802d385ef3ea9510dadd7db4-768x432.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/118323cd802d385ef3ea9510dadd7db4-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/118323cd802d385ef3ea9510dadd7db4-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/118323cd802d385ef3ea9510dadd7db4.webp 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n <div><p><span>Bayson Elias Pu<\/span> <!-- --><\/p> <!-- --><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><p>The backstory:<\/p> <!-- --><p>Pu was arrested for the invasive recording charge last New Year&#8217;s Eve.<\/p> <!-- --><p>According to court documents, Pu was an employee at the Lupe Tortilla located along the Katy Freeway and placed the camera in a public restroom at the restaurant.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3030\">Man arrested for woman\u2019s stabbing death in Spring<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>The camera reportedly captured footage of a young girl and a woman using the restroom.<\/p> <!-- --><p>The restaurant confirmed in a statement to FOX 26 that a recording device was found on Dec. 30 by another employee.<\/p> <!-- --><div><p>\n    Featured\n  <\/p> <div><div><div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lupe Tortilla employee accused of hiding camera in restroom at Hedwig Village restaurant\" class=\"wp-image-3034\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/27dc0725521f01f8d5fb5551253b041d-768x387.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/27dc0725521f01f8d5fb5551253b041d-768x387.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/27dc0725521f01f8d5fb5551253b041d-300x151.webp 300w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/27dc0725521f01f8d5fb5551253b041d.webp 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div> <noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lupe Tortilla employee accused of hiding camera in restroom at Hedwig Village restaurant\" class=\"wp-image-3036\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ad6eaa243ab5bafd39cdc1ff244b6533.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ad6eaa243ab5bafd39cdc1ff244b6533.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ad6eaa243ab5bafd39cdc1ff244b6533-300x151.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div> <span>article<\/span><\/div><\/div> <div><h3>Lupe Tortilla employee accused of hiding camera in restroom at Hedwig Village restaurant<\/h3> <p>An employee at a Lupe Tortilla restaurant in Hedwig Village is accused of putting a hidden camera in a public restroom, according to court documents.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3027\">Drivers seek answers after contaminated fuel at Spring Branch gas station<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris County Court records confirm Bayron Elias Pu has been sentenced on the charge of invasive visual recording.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,226,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety","category-hedwig-village","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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