U.S. Marshal Gary Mattison , who was assigned to track down Horowitz last year . Horowitz served 13 years of a 10-20 year sentence for child molestation and was released on parole in 2004 , authorities said . In June 2006 , he fled the country shortly after meeting with his parole officer , setting off the manhunt that involved the Indian police , agents from the State Department 's Diplomatic Security Service , and U.S. Marshals , U.S. Marshals told CNN . Horowitz 's 1991 conviction was on 34 counts of child molestation in Schenectady , New York . A dual citizen of the United States and Israel , Horowitz has also been convicted of `` perverted sexual practices '' in Maryland , where he was found guilty of abusing one of his patients , federal marshals said . During the 1980s , while he was living in Israel , he was the subject of a police investigation into charges he was sexually abusing his second wife 's children , according to the U.S. Marshal service . He also faced another sexual misconduct investigation while living in North Carolina , authorities say . E-mail to a friend CNN 's
NEWARK , New Jersey -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The most `` far-flung and exotic fugitive investigation ever conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service '' ended early Sunday with convicted child molester Alan Horowitz in custody on U.S. soil . Alan Horowitz was convicted in 1991 on 34 counts of child molestation . Officers from the U.S. Marshals service arrested the 60-year-old at Newark Liberty International Airport after a 15-hour flight from New Delhi , India . The ordained Orthodox rabbi and former child psychologist was arrested on May 22 at a seaside resort in Mahabalipuram , India , according to parole officer Robert Georgia . An agent from the Diplomatic Security Service escorted him aboard the Continental Airlines flight , authorities said . He is being held at a correctional facility in New Jersey and will appear before an extradition judge on July 16th before being taken to New York to face a parole violation charge there . He also faces a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution . Watch Horowitz in custody at Newark airport '' A number of Internet tipsters in India were responsible for alerting the Marshal 's service to Horowitz 's whereabouts , said