LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — One man is behind bars after the Lee County Sheriff's Office says he held his girlfriend against her will inside a residence for over 24 hours.
LCSO says deputies responded to a Lehigh Acres home Thursday where they found a woman who says she got in a fight with her boyfriend and he strangled her.
LCSO says Alexander Baptiste, 25, held the woman inside the home for more than a day.
Investigators say Baptiste used a kitchen knife to threaten the victim into staying inside.
Investigators also found injuries on the woman that indicated she had been punched and had a knife held to her skin.
LCSO says he was arrested for false imprisonment; aggravated battery; and strangulation.
LCSO says Baptiste has a long record and he is being held with no bond.
