YPSILANTI, MI -- Patrons of an Ypsilanti restaurant may have been secretly recorded while using the bathroom.

Jason McNeely, manager at Ollie Food and Spirits, 42 E. Cross in Ypsilanti, said he found two suspicious devices that resembled USB chargers plugged into outlets in the each of the restaurant’s unisex bathrooms while making rounds in May.

Upon closer inspection, McNeely realized they were actually secret video cameras. McNeely immediately unplugged the devices, pulled out the memory cards and called Ypsilanti police, he said.

Not actual camera. Example of a secret camera made to resemble a USB charging port provided by Spy Ops in Lathrup Village.

McNeely said the recorded footage was intercepted before it could be recovered or distributed by the would-be voyeur.

An Ypsilanti police investigation led to the June 18 arrest of 31-year-old Brad R. Szachta, who is now charged with 10 felonies, including six counts of illegally capturing or distributing images of an unclothed person, each punishable by up to five years in prison; two counts of using a computer to commit a crime, each punishable by between four and 10 years in prison; a count of possession between 20 and 200 marijuana plants, punishable by up to seven years in prison and possession of in excess of 45 kilograms -- nearly 100 pounds -- of marijuana or 200-plus marijuana plants, punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

Szachta maintains his innocence and is free on bond.

“This case is just beginning and we are intending to challenge the charges and go forward in court with a defense of this matter,” said defense attorney Michael J. Vincent. “My client is not guilty.”

Vincent requested his client undergo a competency exam and a followup hearing is scheduled on Oct. 3.

Ypsilanti police declined multiple MLive requests for comment or information about the case, but McNeely said, through his conversations with detectives, he was told the charges are related to video and images Szachta is accused of secretly recording or sharing from various other Ypsilanti-area businesses, not Ollie Food and Spirits.

“We were assured by police that nothing sensitive” was distributed from the recordings made at Ollie Food and Spirits, McNeely said. "We check our bathrooms every two hours, at most ... " and removed the cameras immediately, which “made it impossible for any person to have transmitted anything at that time.”

McNeely said one of the cameras was pointed at a trash can. He did not reveal the focus of the second camera.

Szachta has never been employed at the restaurant and is not a known “regular,” McNeely said.