A Birmingham man arrested on five robbery and three kidnapping counts now faces more charges after he was identified as the man who abducted a woman outside of Avondale Brewery.

Jermaine Parks, 31, is now charged with seven counts of robbery, in addition to six other crimes. He remains in the Jefferson County Jail with bonds totaling $460,600, court records show.

The 29-year-old woman kidnapped at gunpoint from the Avondale Brewery parking lot during the April 18 Earthfest celebration spoke to AL.com about the bizarre ordeal. She asked that her name be withheld for fear of future retribution. Birmingham police confirmed Parks has been charged in her case.

The woman said she left Avondale Brewery just after 8 p.m. that Saturday. She noticed a man who looked suspicious but when she walked by him with no problem, she assumed she was safe. "All of the sudden I'm almost at my car and he grabs me from behind,'' she said. "I immediately started to fight. He pulled a gun. At that point, I stopped fighting. I started crying and was like, 'what do you want?''

"My first thought was that he was going to rape me,'' she said. "I'm like please don't. Please look in my eyes. I'm a good person."

With the gun pointed at her head, she says Parks forced her to show him her car and hand over her keys. He asked for cash, but she told him she didn't have any. He forced her into the car, and made her stop at three ATM's to withdraw a total of $600, her daily limit. "He told me he planned to steal another car that night so he could get out of town,'' she said. "Somehow he decided he was going to let me go."

He asked for her cell phone number, which she gave him because she was afraid he'd call it while in the car to see if she had given him a fake number. He finally let her go in the Crestwood area at 8:50 p.m. but not before asking her on a date, and forcing her to give him a hug before he left.

She called police, and went back to Avondale Brewery where she met with officers. Parks, she said, called her three days later. Birmingham police spokesman Lt. Sean Edwards said that seems to be a pattern with Parks, who has contacted other victims.

She later saw his picture on Crime Stoppers and called police. Fearing for her safety, she left Alabama and went to her parent's home out of state for several days. "I hope by sharing this,'' she said, "it will urge folks to be safe and on alert, even in what we often consider a safe neighborhood at a reasonable hour."

Parks and another man were arrested April 22 during a home invasion at Aspen Run. Birmingham police were called there on a report of a burglary in progress. A man and a woman were walking in the parking lot about 10:06 p.m. when two men, later identified as Parks and Jonathan McKinstry, approached them. One of the gunmen put a gun to the woman's face and forced her to show him where her car was. Both of the suspects grabbed the woman's buttocks several times.

Eventually, they forced the man and woman inside the apartment, where another man was sleeping. Parks and McKinstry woke up the sleeping man, made everyone go into the living room and get down on the floor. The robbers demanded cell phones, cash and keys from the three victims on the floor.

Birmingham police officers arrived at the scene while Parks and McKinistry were still in the apartment. They knocked on the door, but no one answered. When the officers heard a woman crying inside, they forced entry. McKinstry was taken into custody, but Parks escaped through a window in the apartment.

Officers chased Parks on foot, and finally captured him. He matched the description of the carjacking suspect, and was identified through a photo lineup. During an interview with detectives, he admitted to the two carjackings, Edwards said.

Parks is charged in an April 9 carjacking at Timberfalls Apartments on Beacon Crest Lane, and also another carjacking that happened moments later at nearby Somerset House Condominiums on Beacon Parkway East. Court records show Parks was convicted of robbery in 2013 after stealing someone's cell phone, wallet, $100, and Ford four-door vehicle at gunpoint. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with two to serve.

"His motive was to case apartment complexes looking for soft targets to rob,'' Edwards said in an earlier interview. "He's a menace to society who is in the business of robbing people."