LEE COUNTY, Fla. —
A staff member at a group home for individuals with intellectual disabilities was arrested after he was accused of sexually assaulting a resident.
According to court documents, back in February officers with the Fort Myers Police Department investigated after receiving a report from a staff member that Christopher Bleier, 58, had touched a resident inappropriately.
The victim said that he sexually assaulted her.
Bleier had worked in the home for one year. He was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office on Oct. 12 and faces charges of lewd and lascivious behavior toward an elderly or disabled person.
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