No bail set for alleged rapist nabbed on Rt. 1

SAUGUS – Faisel Abdi Ibrahim was held without bail Monday on a slew of charges, not the least of which were aggravated rape and kidnapping.Ibrahim, 36, of Boston was arrested Sunday after police spotted a young woman trying to jump from a moving Ford Windstar on Route 1 North.According to police, Ibrahim allegedly kidnapped a 19-year-old college student near Northeastern University in Boston, raped her and took off up Route 1 with the woman still in the car.Ibrahim holds a hackney license, but police said the car he was driving wasn’t a cab.According to a police report, Ibrahim allegedly offered to drive the woman to another part of Boston a half-hour before Saugus police pulled him over. When he allegedly drove her to unfamiliar territory, he allegedly kissed her and said she didn’t have to pay him for the ride.Ibrahim allegedly raped her moments before Saugus officer Stephen McCarthy was behind the vehicle and spotted her repeated attempts to jump from the car. Police said McCarthy pulled Ibrahim over near Applebee’s Restaurant, just before the Walnut Street exit around 2:45 a.m. Sunday.Ibrahim has been charged with an unnatural act, aggravated rape, kidnapping, driving with a suspended registration and an uninsured motor vehicle.Arraigned in Lynn District Court Monday, he stood stoically, occasionally scanning the courtroom and only speaking to ask for a court appointed lawyer.Judge Dunbar Livingston ordered him to be held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 16.Saugus police Lt. Mike Annese praised McCarthy for what he called a great piece of police work and said that the investigation is ongoing.