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A 34-year-old Delta Airlines co-pilot with ties to the Tri-Valley was arrested on suspicion of child sexual abuse after his plane landed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday night, authorities said Monday.
Rustom Bhagwagar was taken into custody after Flight 2809 from Minneapolis landed at SFO, by Homeland Security agents and Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputies.
On Monday, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office said its detectives have been investigating Bhagwagar since April, after receiving a report of sex crimes against a child. They obtained a Ramey warrant for his arrest and learned he was going to fly into SFO on Saturday.
Bhagwagar, listed as a resident of Florida, was booked into Martinez Detention Facility on suspicion of five counts of oral copulation with a child under 10 years old and is being held on $5 million bail. The sheriff’s office didn’t release any other information about the case.
The San Francisco Chronicle was the first to report that Bhagwagar previously lived in San Ramon.
The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the sheriff’s investigation division at 925-313-2600. For any tips, email tips@so.cccounty.us or call 866-846-3592 to leave an anonymous voice message.
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