US man kidnapped and locked woman in concrete block cell, FBI claims

A United States man has been arrested after allegedly posing as an undercover police officer, kidnapping a lady in Seattle, driving her lots of of kilometres to his dwelling in Oregon and locking her in a makeshift cinderblock jail cell.

Announcing the arrest on Wednesday (early Thursday AEST), the FBI mentioned she the girl bloodied her arms whereas breaking open the door to flee.

The man now faces federal expenses, and authorities say they’re on the lookout for extra victims after linking him to sexual assaults in a minimum of 4 extra states.

This undated photograph offered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Portland Field Office reveals a makeshift cinderblock cell in Klamath Falls, Ore. allegedly utilized by 29-year-old, Negasi Zuberi. Authorities say Zuberi who posed as an undercover police officer kidnapped a lady in Seattle, drove her lots of of miles to his dwelling in Oregon, and saved her in a makeshift cell from which she ultimately escaped and located assist. (AP)

“This woman was kidnapped, chained, sexually assaulted, and locked in a cinderblock cell,” Stephanie Shark, the assistant particular agent in control of the FBI’s Portland area workplace, mentioned in a news launch.

“Her quick thinking and will to survive may have saved other women from a similar nightmare.”

After the girl escaped from his dwelling in Klamath Falls, 29-year-old Negasi Zuberi fled the southern Oregon metropolis of roughly 22,000 individuals however was arrested by native authorities in Reno, Nevada, the FBI mentioned.

He is charged with interstate kidnapping, and courtroom information do not checklist an legal professional who would possibly communicate on his behalf.

According to the FBI, Zuberi additionally glided by the names Sakima, Justin Hyche and Justin Kouassi, and he has lived in a number of states since 2016, probably together with California, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Utah, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Alabama, and Nevada.

This undated photograph offered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Portland Field Office reveals Negasi Zuberi. Authorities say Zuberi posed as an undercover police officer and kidnapped a lady in Seattle, drove her lots of of miles to his dwelling in Oregon, and saved her in a makeshift cell from which she ultimately escaped and located assist. (FBI through AP)

According to a legal grievance filed in US District Court in Oregon, Zuberi solicited the girl, recognized solely as Adult Victim 1, to interact in prostitution alongside Aurora Avenue in Seattle, an space identified for intercourse work.

Afterward, Zuberi informed the girl he was an undercover officer, confirmed her a badge, pointed a stun gun at her, and positioned her in handcuffs and leg irons earlier than placing her behind his automobile, the grievance mentioned.

He then drove the girl to his dwelling in Oregon, stopping alongside the way in which to sexually assault her, the grievance states.

When they arrived, about seven hours after he first encountered her in Seattle, he put her in a makeshift cell he had in-built his storage — a cinderblock cell with a door of steel bars — and mentioned he was leaving to do paperwork, the grievance says.

The lady “briefly slept and awoke to the realszation that she would likely die if she did not attempt to escape”, the grievance states.

She began banging on the door and ultimately broke it open.

She noticed Zuberi’s automobile parked within the storage, opened it, grabbed his gun after which took off, leaving blood on a picket fence she climbed over to flee, the grievance mentioned.

She flagged down a passing driver who referred to as 911.

Source: www.9news.com.au