Fugitive Known as "Master Yachtsman" Captured on Sailboat After 21 Years on the Run
U.S. Marshals and the Coast Guard caught him on a 56-foot sailboat after a two-decade search, officials said.
- On Thursday, July 16, 2026, authorities arrested Rhode Island fugitive Ronald Fischer off the New Jersey coast, ending his more than 20-year run from law enforcement.
- Fischer, a former doctor, vanished in 2005 during his trial on charges of raping a woman on his yacht, the 'Lion King,' and was later convicted in absentia of first-degree sexual assault.
- Investigators tracked Fischer to a 56-foot sailboat, 'The Silver Lining,' registered under the alias 'Richard Graydon,' after a 48-hour operation involving the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service.
- Fischer now awaits proceedings in New York to determine his extradition to Rhode Island, as U.S. Marshal Wing Chau said, "This arrest demonstrates that time does not erase accountability."
- Featured on 'America's Most Wanted' as a 'master yachtsman,' Fischer evaded law enforcement for two decades using more than a dozen aliases before his capture this week.
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Convicted Rapist On the Run for Two Decades Nabbed on His Yacht in NYC
A former Rhode Island anesthesiologist who had been on the run for more than 20 years after being convicted of sexual assault was arrested Thursday on his sailboat in the East River in New York City.
Ronald L. Fischer fled Rhode Island during his 2005 trial and appeared several times on the television show "America's Most Wanted"
After 20 years as a fugitive, police capture Rhode Island man to serve the sentence for ‘Lion King’ boat SA conviction
After two decades on the run, one of Rhode Island’s most elusive fugitives has finally been taken into custody. Ronald L. Fischer, a 70-year-old former doctor, was apprehended off the coast of New Jersey on Thursday, July 16, ending a massive multi-state manhunt that spanned more than 20 years. According to NBC 4, the operation to capture Fischer involved a coordinated effort between the U.S. Marshals Service, the FBI, and the U.S. Coast Guard. …
Rhode Island Fugitive Caught By U.S. Marshals And Coast Guard On Sailboat After 21 Years - Tampa Free Press
A man who spent more than two decades evading law enforcement is now in custody following a multi-state operation off the coast of New York, federal authorities announced. Ronald L. Fischer, who had been named one of Rhode Island’s Most Wanted fugitives, was apprehended by a team led by the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task […] Rhode Island Fugitive Caught By U.S. Marshals And Coast Guard On Sailboat After 21 Years
Ronald L. Fischer, a sex offender, was found on Thursday July 15 by federal agents aboard his sailboat off New York, United States. Rhode Island's fugitive, on the run for twenty years, he...
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