Man charged with robbing 5 North Jersey banks in 1 month

By Thomas Moriarty | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

on December 06, 2016 at 7:44 PM

NEWARK -- FBI agents on Tuesday charged 39-year-old city man with robbing five North Jersey banks in just over a month this fall.

Prosecutors say that at the time of the crimes, Jermaine Mason was on supervised release from a prior federal conviction after he robbed several banks in 2006 and 2007.

Mason, also known as "Asim Harris," was charged by complaint in the U.S. District Court in Newark with five counts of bank robbery, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

The banks Mason is accused of robbing include:

Kearny Bank, Harrison on Oct. 21

PNC Bank, Jersey City on Nov. 3

Popular Community Bank, Newark on Nov. 17

Provident Bank, Jersey City on Nov. 18

Provident Bank, Kearny on Nov. 29

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