ARREST REPORT — TETERBORO AIRPORT July 6, 2019
FBI agents arrested Jeffrey Epstein at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey on the evening of Saturday, July 6, 2019, as he deplaned from a private flight arriving from Paris.
OPERATION DETAILS: The arrest was coordinated between the FBI's New York field office and the SDNY Public Corruption Unit. Agents had been monitoring Epstein's travel patterns and timed the arrest for his return to U.S. soil. The operation was conducted discreetly to prevent Epstein from being alerted and potentially fleeing.
Epstein had traveled to Paris on his private jet, one of several aircraft he maintained. The arrest was executed based on a sealed indictment that had been obtained from a federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York.
INITIAL PROCESSING: Following the arrest, Epstein was transported to the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan for processing and detention. The following day, FBI agents executed search warrants at his Manhattan townhouse at 9 East 71st Street.
The indictment was formally unsealed on July 8, 2019, revealing two counts: sex trafficking conspiracy and sex trafficking of minors. Epstein entered a not guilty plea at his arraignment.
This arrest came more than a decade after the controversial 2008 Non-Prosecution Agreement in Florida, and was made possible in part by new evidence, renewed public attention from Julie K. Brown's Miami Herald reporting, and the February 2019 CVRA ruling that prosecutors had violated victims' rights.