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A Maryland man is accused of cornering a 15-year-old girl inside a home and stabbing her repeatedly before fleeing, according to police.
Barry Abubakar he allegedly offered the teenager a ride before taking her to a home in Baltimore where he took her in and assaulted her on Thursday, Oct. 22, Baltimore police said, according to ABC affiliate WMAR-TV. The girl reportedly thought he was an unlicensed taxi driver.
Officers called to a traffic stop near the 3800 block of Belle Avenue Thursday night found first responders treating the teenager, according to a police statement provided to CBS News.
“The victim actually advised that she escaped from a basement in the area and was assaulted by an unknown male,” the statement said.
Barrie, 23, was identified as a suspect and arrested on Saturday, October 24, within half a mile of police meeting the girl, CBS News reported.
He is charged with first-degree attempted murder, second-degree attempted murder, first-degree attempted murder, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, carrying a dangerous weapon with intent to injure, kidnapping, false imprisonment and theft of $100 to less than $1,500, records show. court
Barrie is represented by a public defender, whose name was not immediately listed in court records.
The 15-year-old girl told police she fought Barrie with a fire extinguisher after he allegedly forced her into the house and told her not to scream, according to charging documents obtained by WMAR-TV.
After she escaped from the home, the teenager knocked on nearby doors before one resident let her call his mother and 911 using their phone, according to the TV station. He was eventually treated at Sinai Hospital.
Authorities reportedly used information linked to a Cash App account to track down Barrie. They also found a vehicle registered to him that matched a vehicle the 15-year-old had described to investigators, according to WMAR-TV.
According to the charging documents, the girl had been missing her iPhone 14, which she traced to Barrie’s home address.
Local residents who spoke to CBS News expressed their shock at the split.
“You can ask my neighbors on the block, and they’ll tell you this block is very, very quiet. We don’t have that,” said one resident, Shelly Gaskins, the news reported.
After his arrest, Barrie was ordered held without bond, records show.
Records indicated that a hearing for his bail/bond review on Monday, October 26, was rescheduled.
The Baltimore Police Department did not immediately respond to an inquiry from Us.
