Los Angeles ? A fugitive on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list for alleged sexual crimes against children in Long Beach, Calif., six years ago has been arrested in Montreal, officials said Saturday.

Richard Steve Goldberg, 61, faces state charges of molesting at least three girls under the age of 10. He also faces federal charges that he produced images of the sex acts, which were later found on his computer.

“He’s a child predator who was stalking children. He’s somebody who needed to be off the street,” said Robert Loosle, special agent in charge of the criminal division for the FBI’s Los Angeles office.

Goldberg is suspected of luring girls to his home in the north Long Beach area, gaining their trust by allowing them to play with his pets and computers and then committing sex acts with them. Sometimes, authorities said, he took the girls on short trips.

An aerospace engineer, Goldberg fled to escape prosecution in 2001. He was said to be skilled in the use of weapons, having been president of a gun club at the aerospace company at which he worked. Goldberg is being held by Canadian authorities on an immigration violation and is scheduled to appear in court there Monday.