"A former California Highway Patrol captain will not serve jail time after admitting to exposing himself and sexually touching flight attendants aboard a JetBlue flight last year. Dennis Woodbury, 50, will instead receive three years of probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of simple assault on an aircraft. U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson ordered Woodbury to complete 100 hours of community service and undergo mental health and substance abuse treatment and testing, according to court records."
""That the defendant was once in a position of public trust and committed these acts is disturbing and should be taken seriously," Assistant U.S. Atty. Brenda Galvan wrote in a sentencing memorandum. Woodbury had previously been dismissed from the CHP after serving in the San Gabriel Valley, the U.S. attorney's office said in a news release. He was initially arrested on a more serious felony charge of abusive sexual contact within federal jurisdiction but was allowed to plead to a lesser charge of simple assault"
Dennis Woodbury, 50, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of simple assault on an aircraft and received three years' probation, 100 hours of community service, and court-ordered mental health and substance abuse treatment and testing. The offenses occurred during a cross-country JetBlue flight in April 2025, when Woodbury, heavily intoxicated, repeatedly exposed himself, showed pornography to crew members, and sexually touched a flight attendant. Woodbury was dismissed from the California Highway Patrol after serving in the San Gabriel Valley. He had been arrested on a felony abusive sexual contact charge but pleaded to a lesser offense under a plea agreement.
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