LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Orange County deputies arrested a the man in connection with a rape after a woman was found naked near the House of Blues at Walt Disney World.
The man, identified, by authorities as Hector M. Hererra, 26, is a Disney employee.
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Hererra was arrested on sexual battery charges at his home and taken to the Osceola County Jail.
Authorities released surveillance pictures of a man that were recorded at the House of Blues. Deputies said Hererra was identified after a tip from a citizen, who saw the surveillance photo on local news.
Investigators said they received several tip calls.
"I told a friend of mine, 'I know who this guy is, and I don't know what to do,'" said a woman who didn't want to be identified. "I never thought something like that. He was quiet actually."
The alleged victim, whose age was not released, was discovered last Thursday morning by a security worker in some bushes outside the House of Blues and Cirque du Soleil, Orange County sheriff's deputies said.
According to deputies, the woman's underwear, clothing, purse and a used prophylactic were found nearby.
The woman told deputies that she was drinking with a friend and a roommate at her apartment and consumed two bottles of Redd's Apple Ale and seven or eight shots of vodka before going to the House of Blues.
The woman said she does not remember leaving the House of Blues. She was found outside by the security officer around 5 a.m.
The woman said she was unaware of being involved in sexual activity but was certain that if she had sex, it was not consensual, authorities said.
"He was actually on the floor with customers all day, and that's kind of mind blowing, too. He has kids, so it's just like kind of surreal," said the tipster.
Late Thursday night, Herrera bonded out of jail. Officials took him out a side door while the media was waiting in the front.