FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Police in Florida have arrested a fugitive wanted in New Jersey for almost 20 years.

Robert Marone, 69, was one of New Jersey’s top 12 most wanted fugitives, with “America’s Most Wanted” featuring his case a decade ago.

Acting on a tip from cops in New Jersey, Fort Lauderdale detectives assigned to the FBI Fugitive Task Force and the US Marshals investigated and found Marone within a matter of hours Friday.

Marone was wanted in New Jersey for parole violations stemming from a 1971 murder conviction as well as a warrant for aggravated sexual assault on a child in 1992, authorities said.

He is in jail in Florida and is awaiting extradition back to New Jersey.

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