Valley airline executive busted for child porn

Robert L. Hedrick, the man behind plans to bring new air cargo service to Brownsville, has been arrested on allegations he distributed child pornography according to United States Attorney José Angel Moreno.

Hedrick is president of the Brownsville-based Pan American Airways.

According to the complaint filed on Friday, Hedrick is alleged to have shared multiple images of child pornography with undercover investigators from Louisiana and Wisconsin in online chat rooms between September through November.

Hedrick was arrested this morning by Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) agents at his Brownsville home.

He is expected to make his initial federal court appearance on Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Felix Recio.