The Lee County Sheriff's Office arrested a man after they received a report of a sexual battery.
Deputies said the victim was forcibly dragged into a vacant residence and sexually battered. The victim was able to escape her assailant and run from the residence to call 911.
Detectives with the Lee County Sheriff's Office Special Victims Unit assumed the investigation, and a suspect was soon developed.
At the conclusion of the investigation, Anthony Gene Smith, Jr. of North Ft. Myers, was located at his residence and arrested.
He faces a $400,000 bond with sexual assault and burglary charges.
Smith will have first appearance Sunday morning.
