Background: The house in Baltimore, Maryland, where authorities say the victim escaped (WBFF/YouTube). Inset: Abubakarr Barrie (Baltimore Police Department).
An Uber Eats driver kidnapped a girl and stabbed her in the basement of a Maryland home before she fought back and managed to escape, authorities say.
Abubakarr Barrie, 23, faces charges including attempted first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, kidnapping and false imprisonment, according to court records reviewed by Law&Crime. He is being held in jail without bond.
Barrie is a national from Sierra Leone who is in the country illegally, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and he had been arrested in New York City in July but was released. Months later, on Oct. 22, Barrie was driving in Baltimore.
He was operating an unlicensed cab when he came across a 15-year-old girl, per charging documents obtained by local CBS affiliate WJZ. He offered her a ride, and she accepted, but instead of taking her where she expected, he allegedly "immediately became violent" and brought her to the home where he was renting a room.
Barrie and the girl arrived at the home on the 3700 block of Garrison Boulevard in Baltimore, and they walked into the basement, per footage shared by area Fox affiliate WBFF. The girl said that once they were inside, he "pushed her down a tiny set of steps leading into the home, where he led her into a tiny room and advised her to put her phone down and not to scream," according to the charging documents.
A "scuffle ensued," the court documents go on, and Barrie "began stabbing her all over her body." She clawed at him and managed to grab a fire extinguisher and hit him with it before running up the stairs — shoeless and without clothes — and outside, according to the documents.
"I just see her bolt," the person from whom Barrie was renting the home told WBFF. "She just opens the door, runs."
The teen knocked on doors until someone helped her call 911, and officers arrived to find her "naked and covered in blood." She had five stab wounds, including one that resulted in "a collapsed lung," the court documents state.
The girl reportedly helped identify Barrie as her attacker, and as investigators homed in on their suspect, they spoke with his landlord.
Barrie allegedly asked the landlord whether he had access to the surveillance video around the house, to which the landlord said yes. When the landlord asked why, Barrie claimed a girl had stolen his wallet.
The victim's phone was apparently still in Barrie's possession at this point, and officers used it to track him down. On Oct. 24, they arrested him.
During an appearance in court, Barrie's defense attorney said his client is an Uber Eats driver. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Nov. 25.
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