A man police said sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl while she walked to her bus stop made his first appearance before a judge Saturday.

Matthew Watson, 21, was charged with armed sexual battery, armed robbery, kidnapping and possession of a firearm or concealed weapon by a convicted felon.

Watson was ordered held without bond.

Investigators said they linked DNA evidence to Watson through a database of convicted felons in Florida, which led to his arrest. Police said despite the crime happening on a busy street, they did not receive any significant tips or leads from the public.

The girl told police that a young white man with a gun pulled her into some woods off 103rd Street near Connie Jean Road about 6:45 a.m. Thursday, raped her and stole her BlackBerry.

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The victim ran home and told her father, who called police.

"This incident happened literally in the blink of an eye, even on a busy roadway in the morning hours," said Tom Hackney of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

Hackney said there was no indication Watson knew the victim.

He said the previous felony Watson was convicted of was a burglary in 2008, which entered him in Florida's DNA database for convicted felons.