Man Accused of Locking Woman in Cell in Oregon Faces Rape, Kidnapping Charges in Separate Case

Man Accused of Locking Woman in Cell in Oregon Faces Rape, Kidnapping Charges in Separate Case
Negasi Zuberi. Zuberi in a file photo. FBI via AP
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PORTLAND, Ore.—A man accused of abducting a woman in Seattle, driving her hundreds of miles to his home in Oregon and locking her in a makeshift cinder block cell is facing fresh charges of kidnapping and rape in a separate case involving alleged crimes two months earlier, court documents show.

An indictment returned by a grand jury in southern Oregon’s Klamath County says that on or around May 6, Negasi Zuberi kidnapped a victim referred to as an unidentified Jane Doe in the county in order to rape her. The indictment also alleges that he knowingly injured the victim by using or threatening to use weapons including a handgun and a stun gun.