Greg D. McFarlane, 26, of Orlando, was connected to the rape through DNA evidence collected during the investigation, a police department press release said.

A man has been arrested in connection with the rape of a woman near a business in the Duckpond area Oct. 9, according to the Gainesville Police Department.

Greg D. McFarlane, 26, of Orlando, was connected to the rape through DNA evidence collected during the investigation, a police department news release said.

He is in custody and being interviewed at GPD, the release said.

The incident took place about 2 a.m. Oct. 9, police said. The woman had been walking from downtown to her home, when McFarlane approached her near East University Avenue and First Street and asked to borrow her lighter.

The woman let him borrow her lighter and noticed he was following her and asking her name, as he followed her to the 600 block of Northeast Second Street, the report said. McFarlane then grabbed the woman from behind, put a gun to her head and raped her, the report said.

The United States Marshals Service Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force took on the case. According to the report, McFarlane was located in an apartment in southeast Gainesville. His arrest warrant calls for him to be held on a $1 million bond.

McFarlane has no known ties to the Gainesville area, the official said. He was charged with carrying a concealed firearm in the Orlando area in May.