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New Jersey Takes 'Shelter': New Amazon Prime Show Films All Across Garden State New Jersey Takes 'Shelter': New Amazon Prime Show Films All Across Garden State
New Jersey Takes 'Shelter': New Amazon Prime Show Films All Across Garden State Want to see New Jersey on the small screen? Amazon Prime has you covered. "Harlan Coben's Shelter", based on the bestselling young adult novel, debuted on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, Aug. 18. The show, which is set in the fictional Kassleton, New Jersey, filmed all over the Garden State, mostly in Kearny, last summer and fall. On "Shelter", Michael Bolitar moves to Kasselton following his father's sudden death and becomes embroiled in the mysterious disappearance of a student at his high school, with dark secrets being discovered, according to a synopsis. Besides Kearny, you can catch a …

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by Sam Barron
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Passaic County Man Convicted Of $80,000 Back-To-Back Bank Robberies Passaic County Man Convicted Of $80,000 Back-To-Back Bank Robberies
Passaic County Man Convicted Of $80,000 Back-To-Back Bank Robberies A Passaic County man was convicted by a federal jury of robbing two area banks just weeks apart. Jurors found Jose Soto, 52, of Passaic guilty of robbing a PNC branch in Passaic of $35,000 and a Valley National Bank in Little Falls of $45,000 following a six-day trial in U.S. District Court in Newark. They also convicted Soto of conspiring with a Paterson man to commit the holdups and brandishing a firearm. Soto pointed a silver and black gun at customers and employees at the Main Street Valley National branch in Little Falls on Feb. 27, 2020, authorities said. His accomplice, Nicholas Or…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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WILD CHASE: Masked Carjackers Ram Police Cruiser, Civilian Vehicles On Route 46 WILD CHASE: Masked Carjackers Ram Police Cruiser, Civilian Vehicles On Route 46
Wild Chase: Masked Carjackers Ram Police Cruiser, Civilian Vehicles On Route 46 Three carjackers were captured following a wild chase in which they rammed a Wayne police cruiser and several civilian vehicles on Route 46, authorities said. It began shortly after Montville police issued an alert for two vehicles, one of which had just been taken by thieves in ski masks, shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27. A short time later, the masked bandits approached a Porsche at the Starbucks on Route 23 just south of the "spaghetti bowl" intersection in Wayne near Willowbrook Mall, Wayne Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. They abandoned their attempt after discovering it occupied,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PD: Driver In Wayne Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails On Route 46, Leaves Loaded Gun Behind PD: Driver In Wayne Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails On Route 46, Leaves Loaded Gun Behind
PD: Driver In Wayne Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails On Route 46, Leaves Loaded Gun Behind A car thief from Newark who was captured after he crashed his own car on Route 46 in Clifton during a police chase left a loaded gun behind, Wayne police said. Wayne police responding to a report of thieves in a BMW with a temporary license plate in the Point View Parkway area spotted the car heading south in tandem with a stolen Lexus on Valley Road around 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said. They tried stopping the vehicles, but both sped away, Daly said. A supervisor eventually called off the pursuit because of the excessive speed, the captain said. One of the vehicles s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Sparta Man Gets 5 Years For Role In Morris, Sussex, Bergen Coke/Pot Ring Sparta Man Gets 5 Years For Role In Morris, Sussex, Bergen Coke/Pot Ring
Sparta Man Gets 5 Years For Role In Morris, Sussex, Bergen Coke/Pot Ring A Sparta man must spend the next two years in state prison before he’ll be eligible for parole for his role in a drug distribution ring. A judge in Morristown on Friday sentenced Samuel J. Rozynski to five years, with the two-year parole ineligibility requirement, for his March 2 guilty plea to having cocaine and pot for sale, money laundering and conspiracy. Rozynski also forfeited what authorities said was $329,000 drug proceeds seized from him during simultaneous raids in Sparta, Cliffside Park and Parsippany this past Jan. 29. SEE: Pair Busted With Coke, Pot, Guns In Morris, Sussex, Be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
REWARD: $5,000 Offered To Help Capture Little Falls Bank Robbers REWARD: $5,000 Offered To Help Capture Little Falls Bank Robbers
Reward: $5,000 Offered To Help Capture Little Falls Bank Robbers UPDATE (3/18/2020): The FBI nabbed two men who robbed banks in Passaic and Little Falls last month, federal authorities said Wednesday. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/northpassaic/police-fire/gotcha-fbi-nabs-two-in-passaic-little-falls-bank-robberies/785204/ ****** A $5,000 reward was offered Wednesday for help catching two masked men who robbed a Valley National Bank in Little Falls at gunpoint last Thursday. One of the robbers held a handgun while the other went behind the counter at the at Main Street bank and removed money from the tellers’ drawers, authorities said. Responde…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Substantial Haul Likely In Little Falls Bank Robbery UPDATE: Substantial Haul Likely In Little Falls Bank Robbery
Update: Substantial Haul Likely In Little Falls Bank Robbery Two men in masks robbed a Little Falls bank branch at gunpoint Thursday afternoon, rifling through tellers' drawers and herding employees into the vault, responders said. One of them held a handgun while the other went behind the counter at the Valley Bank on Main Street and removed money from the tellers’ drawers around 2:20 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and Little Falls Police Chief Steven Post said in a Thursday evening news release. Responders told Daily Voice the robbers then herded employees into the vault and took more cash. Although authorities wouldn't say how mu…

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by Jerry DeMarco