Man arrested for raping woman inside Towson’s Z-Burger restaurant

Medhi Eghbal, 48, was arrested on September 18 and charged with the second-degree rape, fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault that went down in a Towson, Maryland, restaurant on Friday. According to Baltimore County Police, just before 1 a.m. on September 18, police responded to the Z-Burger restaurant, located at 13 Allegheny Avenue for a call of a sexual assault.

Responding officers met with the victim, an adult female, who informed them that she had been sexually assaulted at the location.

*(13 Allegheny Avenue, Image credit: Google Maps)*

The preliminary investigation revealed the woman was invited into the restaurant by Eghbal, who is a Z-Burger employee. The restaurant was closed at the time he invited her inside. After the woman went inside, police report that Eghbal sexually assaulted her.

The victim was able to get away from her assailant. When she exited the restaurant, her friends, who had been using a cell phone location application to find her, saw her coming out of Z-Burger and dialed 911. Police quickly found Eghbal in the basement of the location, where he was arrested.

Eghbal was also served with a Failure to Appear in Court (FTA) warrant from 2017 for driving with a revoked out of state license. He is currently being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center in Towson on a no bail status pending a bail review hearing.

The Baltimore County Police Special Victims Unit believes there is a potential for additional victims of similar incidents involving this suspect. If anyone has information, they should contact detectives at 410-307-2020. Callers may remain anonymous.

If you have been the victim of a sexual assault, there is help available for you 24-hours a day. You can call the Baltimore County police non-emergency line at 410-887-2222 or contact any one of these resources: