Psychiatrist and Child Molester - His Fate Depends on Judge

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(NY) State parole officials Wednesday tried to persuade a judge to return one of the county's most notorious child molesters - who jumped parole and triggered an international manhunt - to prison for every last day remaining on his sentence.

The closed parole hearing at the Schenectady County Jail came as federal authorities continue to probe whether Alan J. Horowitz's 11-month flight throughout southern Asia should result in additional charges for his failure to register as a sex offender.

It could be several weeks before Administrative Law Judge Patricia O'Malley renders a decision in the state matter, Division of Parole spokesman Mark Johnson said.

But Johnson said parole officials are hopeful O'Malley will send Horowitz back to prison for the five-plus years remaining on his sentence for a 1992 sodomy conviction, including the 11 months he was on the run.

Horowitz, 60, a former adolescent psychiatrist who has claimed to be an ordained rabbi, was captured in Mahabalipuram, a coastal city in southeastern India in late May. In June 2006 he met with his parole officer for the last time, then hopped a plane to Japan and, authorities say, glibly penned a goodbye note of sorts to his parole officer.

At the same time, Horowitz at least nominally told officials who run the state sex offender registry he would be living in Tel Aviv, Israel, though authorities are still probing whether he ever went there. Either way, parole officials said he had no permission to leave the country.

The stunt earned him a spot on the state's list of 100 "most wanted" fugitives and landed him in the sights of federal marshals, who continue to investigate his travels overseas.

Gary Mattison, a criminal investigator with the U.S. Marshals, said Wednesday his office is working with federal prosecutors to determine whether Horowitz ran afoul of the Adam Walsh Child Protection act, signed by President Bush last year to toughen federal laws against sex offenders.

The law is named for the murdered son of John Walsh, the well-known host the popular FOX television show "America's Most Wanted," which featured Horowitz's case and helped generate the tips that led police to Horowitz in India.

Public Defender Mark Caruso, who represented Horowitz Wednesday, did not immediately return a call for comment.