A JetBlue pilot previously arrested over a child sex charge and released on bail committed suicide before police could arrest him again.
“Ohio resident Jeremy Gudorf, 33, was arrested at Logan Airport on Feb. 20 when U.S. Customs and Border Protection flagged that he had an active warrant out of North Carolina, according to Massachusetts State Police,” NBC10 Boston stated.
Gudorf shot himself Friday morning when approached by police attempting to take him into custody for an outstanding sexual exploitation charge in North Carolina.
According to NBC10 Boston, the warrant in North Carolina was for a charge of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.
JetBlue pilot wanted on child sex charge kills himself as cops close in https://t.co/rJ2CtdMsCc pic.twitter.com/Ba5zCwymfj
— New York Post (@nypost) March 7, 2025
NBC10 Boston reports:
A judge in East Boston District Court had set bail conditions for Gudorf that included turning himself in to authorities in North Carolina. It was not immediately clear if he ever made that trip.
ADVERTISEMENTThe unit, which had been searching for Gudorf along with Revere police and U.S. Marshals, found him Friday morning in a vehicle at the Wonderland MBTA Station in Revere. According to police, when troopers approached, Gudorf shot himself.
He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
“Law enforcement really needs to have the perspective that a person that is on the run is also a desperate person, in which which desperate people do desperate things,” McGhee said. “We never want to see anyone with a loss of life, whether it’s a victim or perpetrator. We want perpetrators to be accountable for the crimes that they commit.”
Gudorf was a commercial pilot. He was supposed to be a member of the crew on a JetBlue flight to Paris before he was detained.
JetBlue pilot Jeremy Gudorf, 33, was arrested onboard his plane at Boston Logan moments before takeoff for Paris.
U.S. Customs flagged an active warrant from Huntersville, NC, for second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. pic.twitter.com/wdOF1CStnu
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 21, 2025
From the New York Post:
The encounter took place at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Wonderland station after the state police’s Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section, Revere police and US Marshals had been searching for the commercial pilot from Xenia, Ohio.
As authorities closed in, Gudorf “revealed a firearm and abruptly shot himself,” MSP spokesperson Tim McGuirk said, according to WCVB.
Gudorf was initially cuffed at Boston’s Logan International Airport on Feb. 20 after US Customs and Border Protection discovered a warrant for his arrest out of North Carolina on a child sex charge.
The pilot had been moments away from taking off for Paris when he was hauled off the aircraft.
ADVERTISEMENTHe is charged in Huntersville, North Carolina, on second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. He also had a charge in the Bay State as a fugitive of justice.
A federal judge in Boston set his bail at $10,000 on the condition he turn himself over to law enforcement in the Tar Heel State. It was unclear if he ever did so.
JetBlue said last month that when it learned of Gudorf’s arrest, they placed him on indefinite leave.
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