A Brooklyn man charged with repeatedly having sex with a child relative fled to Israel after plea talks fell apart following more than two years of negotiations, authorities said in court.
Avrohom Margolis was initially arrested and charged on Oct. 14, 2014, with a felony offense of having sex at least two times with a child, court records show.
He was released on $5,000 bail and ordered to hand over his passport, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez’s office.
Margolis, an Israeli citizen who has been living in New York for years with a green card, got his passport back.
Israel in recent years has amended its extradition law to allow people such as Margolis to be shipped back to America, according to legal experts in the field.
Previously, people who were charged with sexually assaulting children would not be extradited.
