MARTINEZ – A commercial airline co-pilot is facing 24 felony charges related to the sexual abuse of a minor following his arrest over the weekend at San Francisco International Airport, according to prosecutors.

The Contra Costa District Attorney's Office charged Rustom Bhagwagar and Jennifer Powell each with more than a dozen felonies, including counts of engaging in a sexual act with a child 10 years old or younger, oral copulation with a child, forcible lewd acts upon a child, and aggravated sexual assault of a child.

A 72-year-old man has been jailed for 18 years and eight months for multiple child sex offences dating back to the 1980s. Rodney Abbott admitted a string of attacks including six charges of raping a girl under 16 and multiple indecent assaults on a girl under the age of 14, at a previous York Crown Court hearing.