WHEELING, W.Va. — A man convicted of having sex with a 15-year-old girl in a Hancock County hotel room is now on the run.
U.S. Attorney Bill Ihlenfeld announced Monday Mustafa Bazbaz, 28, an airline pilot, was on home confinement awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to the charges in August. He was allowed to go to a worship service Friday but did not return home. He’s considered a fugitive from justice.
“The hunt for Mr. Bazbaz is unique in that he’s a trained pilot, he comes from a wealthy family with substantial means, he’s a convicted child predator, and he faces a lengthy prison sentence once he’s captured,” Ihlenfeld said in a news release. “We need the public’s help to track him down before he harms anyone else.”
When Bazbaz committed the crime in Dec. 2013 he was a pilot for Republic Airways in Pittsburgh.
Bazbaz was last seen driving a silver Buick Century automobile with California License Plate Number 6YUTO65. Anyone with information is urged to call the U.S. Marshals Service at 304-218-9286.