 A man in Oregon was arrested after posing as a police officer to kidnap, sexually assault, and imprison a woman inside a jail cell made from cinder blocks. The unidentified victim 'fought for her life' to escape the clutches of a kidnapper who drove her over 450 miles across the country, the FBI said on Wednesday. The suspect was identified as Negasi Zuberi, a 29-year-old who also goes by the names Sakima, Justin Hyche, and Justin Kouassi. FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Stephanie Shark said Zuberi was responsible for an 'ongoing and escalating pattern of violence targeting women in multiple states across the country.' To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 'Sadly, we believe there are more victims,' Shark told reporters at a press conference on Wednesday. The first victim was only identified in a criminal complaint against Zuberi as 'Adult Victim 1,' or AV1. Investigators said she met Zuberi on Aurora Avenue in Seattle, an area frequented by sex workers. 'At the completion of sexual intercourse, Zuberi claimed to be an undercover police officer and showed AV1 a badge,' the criminal complaint states. Zuberi has been charged with interstate kidnapping (Picture: FBI Portland) He told the victim that he was going to take her into custody, and pointed a taser at her. He moved her into the back seat of his car and restrained her with handcuffs and leg irons. At that point, Zuberi began driving back to his home in Oregon – over 450 miles away. 'AV1 observed that Zuberi was 2 hours and 4 minutes away from his destination,' the criminal complaint reads. 'AV1 knew at that point that Zuberi was not a police officer and she was being kidnapped.' Zuberi assaulted the victim several more times on the road to Klamath Falls. Authorities have linked Zuberi to four oth){kind=link}
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A man in Oregon was arrested after posing as a police officer to kidnap, sexually assault, and imprison a woman inside a jail cell made from cinder blocks.
The unidentified victim ‘fought for her life’ to escape the clutches of a kidnapper who drove her over 450 miles across the country, the FBI said on Wednesday.
The suspect was identified as Negasi Zuberi, a 29-year-old who also goes by the names Sakima, Justin Hyche, and Justin Kouassi.
FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Stephanie Shark said Zuberi was responsible for an ‘ongoing and escalating pattern of violence targeting women in multiple states across the country.’