Woman tied up and robbed by 3 men on DeLeon Street in Fort Myers

A woman was tied up and robbed by three men, one of them pretending to be pest control, Friday morning.

The incident occurred at an apartment in the 4000 block of DeLeon Street, according to a Fort Myers Police Department news release.

The victim told police a dark-skinned man wearing a pest control uniform knocked on her door to treat her home for pests. Once inside, the man tied the victim up and let two other men — one with a gun — inside.

The woman was not assaulted but her apartment was ransacked, police said.

Ronnie Casey, a nearby neighbor, said she wouldn’t think twice if someone knocked on her door and said they were pest control. Pest control is on the property all of the time, she said.

“Each apartment complex gets pest control every three months so they come in and they spray until you just figure, oh it’s my time,” Casey said.

Fort Myers police said the three men robbed the woman and fled.

“We believe this female particularly may have been targeted for a specific reason,” said Fort Myers police Det. Amanda Averill.