JetBlue pilot arrested in Boston at Logan Airport before flight to Paris
A JetBlue pilot on a flight from Boston to Paris was arrested at Logan Airport Thursday night. Jeremy Gudorf is wanted in North Carolina on the charge of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, a prosecutor said in court Friday.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection asked troopers at the airport for help at about 8:40 p.m., State Police said.
"In conducting their standard review of the manifest of a Boston-to-Paris flight, CBP identified an active North Carolina warrant lodged against a member of the flight crew who was detained," State Police said in a statement.
Pilot Jeremy Gudorf has Massachusetts connections
Gudorf is a 33-year-old Ohio resident who has connections to Massachusetts, an attorney representing him at the arraignment in East Boston District Court said.
The defense asked a judge to release Gudorf while the prosecution argued for him to be held without bail. The hearing did not get into details about the accusations Gudorf faces in North Carolina.
"These are serious charges. The news is here. He's not just going to be able to run away from this," Gudorf's lawyer said.
"He is a commercial pilot, the warrant is obviously out of North Carolina and he resides in the state of Ohio so for those reasons we ask that he be held without bail and surrender his passport," a prosecutor said.
Bail set for Jeremy Gudorf
Ultimately, the judge allowed Gudorf to keep his passport and he was given $10,000 bail under the condition that he report to North Carolina by Feb. 25.
The state of Massachusetts also charged Gudorf with one count of being a fugitive from justice without a warrant. If North Carolina waives the warrant, Gudorf will not be required to return to Massachusetts for a status hearing on the fugitive charge. If the warrant is not waived, he will be back in Boston on March 19.
