Auburn, Ala. - On Feb. 3, 2023 Auburn Police arrested Antonio Simeon Flowers, age 37, from Opelika, AL on a felony warrant charging him with sexual abuse first degree.

The arrest stems from Auburn Police receiving a report of a sexual assault on Feb. 2. A victim reported that a male suspect forcibly subjected the victim to sexual contact on Dec. 14, 2022, near the 200 block of Beard-Eaves Ct.

The suspect, identified as Antonio Simeon Flowers, was known to the victim, and the assault was not random. Auburn Police located Flowers on Feb. 3, and after further investigation, he was arrested.

Flowers was transported to the Lee County Jail and held on $20,000 bond.

All defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.