Convicted kidnapper Negasi Zuberi attempted a 2nd escape from jail, prosecutor says

Published on: 01/09/2025

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Prosecutors say Negasi Zuberi, 31, threw a wheel from a mop bucket against an interior window in a jail pod, cracking it. Once it was cracked, he kicked the window to shatter the glass, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sweet. Zuberi and another prisoner then used a broom handle to make the opening larger, Sweet said. Prosecutors say Negasi Zuberi, 31, threw a wheel from a mop bucket against an interior window in a jail pod, cracking it. Once it was cracked, he kicked the window to shatter the glass, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sweet. Zuberi and another prisoner then used a broom handle to make the opening larger, Sweet said. Prosecutors say Negasi Zuberi, 31, threw a wheel from a mop bucket against an interior window in a jail pod, cracking it. Once it was cracked, he kicked the window to shatter the glass, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sweet. Zuberi and another prisoner then used a broom handle to make the opening larger, Sweet said. Prosecutors say Negasi Zuberi, 31, threw a wheel from a mop bucket against an interior window in a jail pod, cracking it. Once it was cracked, he kicked the window to shatter the glass, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sweet. Zuberi and another prisoner then used a broom handle to make the opening larger, Sweet said. Prosecutors say Negasi Zuberi, 31, threw a wheel from a mop bucket against an interior window in a jail pod, cracking it. Once it was cracked, he kicked the window to shatter the glass, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sweet. Zuberi and another prisoner then used a broom handle to make the opening larger, Sweet said. Prosecutors say Negasi Zuberi, 31, threw a wheel from a mop bucket against an interior window in a jail pod, cracking it. Once it was cracked, he kicked the window to shatter the glass, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sweet. Zuberi and another prisoner then used a broom handle to make the opening larger, Sweet said.

Three weeks after a federal jury found him guilty of kidnapping two women, Negasi Zuberi tried to escape from the Jackson County Jail in southern Oregon, according to a prosecutor.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/01/convicted-kidnapper-negasi-zuberi-attempted-a-2nd-escape-from-jail-prosecutor-says.html

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