PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man has been sentenced to life in federal jail after being discovered responsible of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two girls in separate instances, together with locking one in all them in a concrete cell.
Negasi Zuberi, 31, was sentenced Friday in federal court docket in Medford, Portland television station KGW reported. A federal jury convicted him in October on prices of kidnapping, transportation for legal sexual exercise, possession of a weapon and trying to flee from jail when he tried to break the window of his cell in August 2023.
“This just isn’t a person who deserves to be round others,” one sufferer mentioned throughout the listening to. “It reveals blatant disregard and lack of take care of human life.”
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The Associated Press doesn’t normally title individuals who have been sexually assaulted.
“Negasi Zuberi is a serial predator who has dedicated evil acts. He preyed on girls,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sweet mentioned earlier than Zuberi was sentenced.
In July 2023, Zuberi solicited a girl for dedication prostitution along Aurora Avenue in Seattleauthorities mentioned. He advised the lady he was an undercover officer, confirmed her a badge, pointed a Taser at her and positioned her in handcuffs and leg irons earlier than inserting her behind his automobile.
He then drove a whole lot of miles to her dwelling in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and locked the lady in a concrete cell in his storage, based on the FBI. After the lady escaped after repeatedly knocking on the cell door till it opened, Zuberi fled and was arrested in Reno, Nevada.
Federal authorities later linked him to a second kidnapping in May 2023, wherein he was convicted of kidnapping a girl exterior a Klamath Falls bar. Prosecutors mentioned he threatened her with a Taser, handcuffed her behind his automobile and sexually assaulted her.
Zuberi had pleaded not responsible and continued to take care of his innocence throughout his sentencing listening to.
He waived his proper to testify throughout the 11-day trial. He tried to testify on the ultimate day of the trial however was denied as a result of he had beforehand waived that proper.
