POLK COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A 17-year-old girl from Florida who had been reported missing was found hidden in the bedroom closet of a registered sex offender in Polk County.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said that detectives from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office contacted them on Monday with information about the missing teenager believed to be in Dundee.

Following this lead, Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives reported visiting 30-year-old Alexis Diaz-Toledo’s home on Shepard Avenue to search for the girl.

At the scene, Diaz-Toledo, a registered sex offender, allegedly denied knowing the girl’s whereabouts and initially refused to allow detectives to search his residence.

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However, upon further investigation, detectives said that they determined that Diaz-Toledo had violated his sex offender registration by failing to report two vehicles stored at his home.

Eventually, authorities conducted a search and reported finding the missing teenager hidden in Diaz-Toledo’s closet. She was safely returned home.

Diaz-Toledo was arrested and taken to the Sheriff’s Processing Center, facing multiple charges, including:

Two counts of Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements (Third Degree Felony)Interfering with Custody of a Minor (Third Degree Felony)Sheltering a Minor Without Notifying the Parent (Misdemeanor)Providing False Information to Law Enforcement in a Missing Person Investigation (Misdemeanor)

Since his conviction in 2014 for Lewd and Lascivious Battery against a victim aged 12-15, Diaz-Toledo has been a registered sex offender.