The man initially lied about his identity, police said.
FORT LEE -- Police on Friday arrested an alleged fugitive from charges in Maine who had been on the run in Bergen County for three years.
Robert Howarth, 62, of Bradford, Mass. (Fort Lee Police) Fort Lee Police stopped Robert J. Howarth, 62, while he was driving on Horizon Road.
Howarth, of Bradford, Mass., identified himself as "Bob Lee" and "Robert Lee," Fort Lee Police said in a press release.
An investigation revealed his real name. Howarth was trying to hide his identity because the Maine Attorney General has filed a warrant for his arrest on charges of theft by deception and securities violations, police said.
Howarth has lived in the Bergen County area for the past three years, police said.
He was charged with obstruction the administration of justice and hindering apprehension. Haworth was sent to Bergen County Jail pending extradition to Maine.
A jury in York County, Maine, indicted Howarth in 2015 on multiple charges of securities fraud and theft by deception, the Portland Press Herald reported. Police had lost track of him at the time of the indictment.
Howarth allegedly came to Belfast, Maine, in 2009 claiming to be a successful businessman selling clothes overseas. He bilked investors out of about $500,000, Maine officials said.
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