JetBlue pilot facing child exploitation charges commits suicide

JETBLUE AIRBUS A321-271NX N4022J (MSN 10303)

A JetBlue pilot facing serious legal charges in North Carolina has committed suicide as law enforcement officers attempted to arrest him in Massachusetts. The suspect, identified as 33-year-old Jeremy Gudorf, was found at the Wonderland MBTA station in Revere, Massachusetts, on Friday morning.

According to the Massachusetts State Police, officers, including local police and U.S. Marshals located Gudorf inside his vehicle at the train station. As they approached, Gudorf produced a firearm and fatally shot himself.

Officers attempted first aid, but Gudorf was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
No officers fired their weapons, and none were injured.
The Wonderland train station was temporarily closed following the incident.

The Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is conducting an official autopsy and investigation into the circumstances of his death.

Gudorf was previously arrested at Logan International Airport (BOS) on the 20th of February while preparing to pilot a flight to Paris, France. Massachusetts State Police took him into custody on a fugitive charge linked to a North Carolina warrant for second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.

According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a routine manifest review flagged the outstanding warrant, leading to his immediate detention.

During his arraignment in East Boston District Court, a judge granted him release on $10,000 bail and allowed him to retain his passport, despite prosecutors requesting he be held without bail. The court ordered him to report to North Carolina police every five days. As he didn't appear on the 25th of February, a warrant was issued for his arrest.