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Fugitive Doctor Caught After 20 Years | Providence News
Ronald Fischer, once Rhode Island’s most wanted fugitive, was finally caught after 22 years on the run — tracked down on a sailboat off New Jersey. Convicted in absentia in 2005 for raping a woman on his boat, he vanished while out on bail and built a new life as a biopharmaceutical exec using a fake oncologist resume — even holding anesthesiology leadership role before losing his medical license over a prior assault accusation. Now, facing sentencing on November 2nd, Fischer has hired legal counsel after assets were unfrozen, following a civil lawsuit filed by the original victim. Justice is…
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