Negasi Zuberi is being held at Oregon's Jackson County Jail on a federal kidnapping charge.
in a cinder block cell in his garage tried to escape from the Oregon jail where he’s in custody, authorities said.
Negasi Zuberi, 29, faces charges of second-degree attempted escape and first-degree disorderly conduct, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Thursday.He was accused of plotting an escape after a maintenance worker outside the jail heard what the statement described as a suspicious sound coming from inside a cell on Tuesday around 12:45 p.m., according to the statement.
Responding deputies found Zuberi standing on his bunk near a chipped window in his cell, the statement says. A search of the cell found an improvised tool that authorities believe was used to damage an interior section of the window, the statement says. The facility’s exterior windows are made of reinforced glass.
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