A former anesthesiologist who appeared on "America's Most Wanted" was captured aboard a sailboat off the coast of New Jersey after spending more than two decades on the run.Ronald L.Fischer, one of Rhode Island's longest-wanted fugitives, had been on the run since fleeing the state during his 2005 sexual assault trial.
He never returned to court, and a jury later convicted him of first-degree sexual assault in his absence, according to the U.S.Marshals Service.
Authorities searched for him for more than 20 years.Investigators tracked Fischer to New York, where they found he was operating a 56-foot sailboat named The Silver Lining , which authorities said was registered under the alias "Richard Graydon."DEPUTY US MARSHAL FATALLY SHOT WHILE SERVING ARREST WARRANT IN LOUISIANARonald L.Fischer, a former anesthesiologist and one of Rhode Island's longest-wanted fugitives, was captured after more than 20 years on the run, authorities said.
(Rhode Island State Police)Deputy U.S.marshals, FBI agents and U.S.
Coast Guard personnel intercepted the vessel off the coast of New Jersey before taking Fischer into custody without incident, according to the FBI Boston field office.The FBI Boston field office described the arrest as the culmination of "a multi-state law enforcement operation" involving the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force and FBI agents.LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MOREFischer was transported aboard a U.S.Coast Guard vessel to Coast Guard Station Staten Island, where he was turned over to deputy U.S.
marshals and local law enforcement officials.A Rhode Island State Police wanted photo of Ronald L.Fischer displays a "Captured" banner after authorities arrested him more than two decades after he fled during his sexual assault trial.
(FBI)"This arrest demonstrates that time does not erase accountability," U.S.Marshal Wing Chau for the District of Rhode Island said in a statement.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X"For more than twenty years, R...