A former Alabama resident who allegedly held a woman in a cinderblock cell in Oregon and sexually abused her has been charged with a second kidnapping and tried to escape jail.

Negasi Zuberi, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, has lived in 10 states over the last decade, including Alabama. He resided in Tuscaloosa from around June 2014 to April 2015 and Northport from roughly June 2018 to April 2020, the FBI told AL.com in August when the agency expanded its investigation.

At the time, the FBI said there may have been additional victims but none have been identified as Alabama victims.

In late August, Zuberi allegedly tried to escape from his cell in the Jackson County, Oregon, Jail using an “improvised tool,” KOIN in Portland reported Tuesday, citing authorities. But the jail’s reinforced windows prevented Zuberi from making an escape. He was then moved to a hard cell without exterior windows.

Less than two weeks later, deputies said he had attempted to escape his jail cell by breaking through the glass in his cell window at the Jackson County Jail on Aug. 22.

In September, Zuberi was indicted by a grand jury in Oregon on 10 additional felony counts and a misdemeanor, including first-degree rape, sodomy and kidnapping with a firearm in connection with a May 6 kidnapping, KOIN in Portland reported Tuesday.

Those charges came after Zuberi was arrested for allegedly holding a Washington woman captive in a makeshift cinderblock cell and sexually assaulting her in connection with a July kidnapping.

He left his home in Klamath Falls to Seattle on July 15, where he solicited a prostitute while posing as a police officer, the FBI said, citing court records.

The woman told authorities Zuberi pointed a Taser at her and put her in handcuffs and leg irons before putting her in the back seat of his car.

Zuberi then traveled about 450 miles with the woman, sexually assaulting her during the trip.

When Zuberi and the woman arrived at his home in Oregon, he put her in a makeshift cell he built in his garage. The cell was made of cinder blocks and contained a metal door installed in reverse so it could not be opened from the inside.

The makeshift cinderblock cell allegedly built by Negasi Suberi, where a woman was allegedly held captive before escaping.

Once Zuberi left, the woman repeatedly banged on the the cell door, bloodying her hands in the process, until she was able to break the door down. She then flagged down a passing motorist, who called 911.

The woman’s “quick thinking and will to survive may have saved other women from a similar nightmare,” said Stephanie Shark, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s Portland field office, in a statement.

“We are fortunate that this brave woman escaped and alerted authorities. Through quick law enforcement action, we were able to get Zuberi in custody the next day,” Shark continued. “While she may have helped protect future victims, sadly we have now linked Zuberi to additional violent sexual assaults in at least four states, and there could be more.”