A Sarasota man tied up a 4-year-old girl with rope so he could play video games, deputies said.
Heath Howe, 27, is facing charges of child abuse in connection with the incident.
Investigators said the girl was watching television on May 17 when Howe tied her up with rope and left her in the kitchen while he played what the girl described as violent video games.
The girl was tied up until her mother and a friend came home from the gym, deputies said. Deputies said the mother did nothing to help the girl, but the mother's friend untied her.
The rope left ligature marks on the girl's arms, as well as red spots caused by hemorrhaging of blood vessels, deputies said.
Howe was arrested at his home on Wednesday afternoon.