Former Vancouver man accused of locking woman in cinder-block cell in Oregon has Oct. 17 trial date
By Associated Press
Published: August 15, 2023, 2:35pm
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MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge set an Oct. 17 trial date for an Oregon man accused of posing as an undercover police officer, kidnapping a woman in Seattle and locking her in a cinder block cell until she bloodied her hands breaking the door to escape.
Negasi Zuberi, 29, who lived in Vancouver for about a year until June, made his initial appearance in federal court in Medford on Monday before U.S.
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