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 BALTIMORE (AP) - Canadian Olympic gold-medalist Myriam Bedard will remain jailed while awaiting extradition to Canada to face charges of parental child abduction and violation of a custody order, a U.S. federal judge said Friday.
Bedard, 37, was arrested a week ago in Maryland and is being held on a warrant for being an international fugitive. She allegedly violated a child custody order by bringing her 12-year-old daughter to the United States. U.S. marshals found her and the girl, Maude, at a hotel in Columbia, a suburb of Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
U.S. Magistrate Judge James K. Bredar said he could not grant Bedard bail Friday because of a treaty between the United States and Canada regarding extradition of people charged with crimes. He said a person subject to an international extradition request isn't entitled to bail, except under "extraordinary circumstances."
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