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Convicted Sex Offender Jailed After Threatening To Come To Popular NJ Feast Armed: Police Convicted Sex Offender Jailed After Threatening To Come To Popular NJ Feast Armed: Police
Convicted Sex Offender Jailed After Threatening To Come To Popular NJ Feast Armed: Police Throngs of attendees were enjoying the annual Feast of St. Rocco in the shadow of the George Washington Bridge this weekend when a convicted sex offender known to police began drawing attention. Robert J. Frate, 56, apparently had become irate over something, “yelling and waving his arms around in an animated manner,” Fort Lee Police Capt. Edward Young said. Detective Michael Kelly approached the borough resident, who told him that he intended to return to the popular feast “loaded,” Young said. Frate motioned toward Kelly’s gun as he said this, the captain said. The detective “believed t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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The Ragnarök Vaults: Former NJ Reporter Pens Cold War Spy Novel The Ragnarök Vaults: Former NJ Reporter Pens Cold War Spy Novel
The Ragnarök Vaults: Former NJ Reporter Pens Cold War Spy Novel The Cold War loomed over Michael Perrota's childhood growing up in Nutley in the 1980s. Nearly every movie he watched, book he read and video game he played served as stark reminders of the past. Perrota developed a fascination with the war, devoting much of his time trying to understand it and how it affected the modern world. After more than a decade of research and writing, Perrota published "The Ragnarök Vaults: A Thomas Braddock Novel" -- a Cold War spy novel that hit the shelves last month. "In the end, it's a fun a spy novel," said Perrota, a dad of three from Fair Lawn. "But withi…

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by Cecilia Levine