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Jon Craig

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Pleasantville native Jon Craig is special editor for the Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange and Dutchess Daily Voice sites. He is also the primary reporter for Daily Voice Plus Politics in Westchester and Fairfield.

Jon graduated from Cornell University and received his master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. Across a 35-year career, he's worked as a reporter for daily newspapers in Chicago, New York, Ohio & Washington, D.C and as managing editor for weekly newspapers in Rye, White Plains and Harrison.

Jon also writes periodically for the Cornell Chronicle.

Career Highlights:

  • Covered Metro-North train wreck that killed a motorist and five commuters, 2015
  • Researched state investigative project for PublicIntegrity.org, 2011-12
  • National MADD award for database analysis of repeat drunk drivers in Ohio, 2008.
  • Henry F. Guggenheim Fellow, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 2010.
  • Sentenced to jail for protecting confidential sources (won on appeal), 1999.
  • Broke 30th anniversary story about Kent State shootings — using FBI records, resurrecting theory a student informant triggered fatal National Guard volley, May 2000.
  • Covered Ground Zero after Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism attacks.
  • Uncovered voting problems before & during presidential recount in Ohio, 2004.
  • Witnessed botched Death Row execution of Romell Broom in 2009, one of more than a dozen I covered; Wrote about three inmates whose death sentences were commuted to life without parole.
  • Won IRE, SDX and multiple national & state awards for series led by Erik Kriss investigating New York General Assembly. 1994.
  • Guest lecturer at universities in NY & Ohio. Taught Syracuse high school journalism class.
  • Co-authored IRE-award winning series on illegal restraints/beatings at juvenile detention centers. Gov. Mario Cuomo had NY inspector general confirm what Hart Seely and I found at Division for Youth & fired top directors, 1993.
  • Survived Air Force Kool School training at North Pole, 1996.
  • Covered Persian Gulf wars, including 2002 bomb missions from Turkey and stateside Army/Air Guard training. 1991.
  • Supervised overnight coverage of Pan Am Flight 103 after Libyan bomb killed 35 Syracuse University students over Lockerbie, Scotland, 1988.
  • Covered aftermath of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s fatal plane crash from Cape Cod, 1999.
  • Greeted Kurt Vonnegut Jr. as Cornell Sun sports editor during daily's 100th anniversary dinner in May 1980. 

Jon Craig's Contributions

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Trio Charged With Stealing $1.5M From Senior Citizens In Toms River Trio Charged With Stealing $1.5M From Senior Citizens In Toms River
Trio Charged With Stealing $1.5M From Senior Citizens In Toms River Two Toms River residents and an accountant from Brick Township have been arrested for stealing $1.5 million from two elderly relatives, authorities said. Jeffrey Dampf, 69, of Brick is accused of taking advantage of his two elderly siblings with the help of Robert Tindall, 46, and Leanna Guido, 47, both of Toms River, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said on Friday. Using power of attorney and acting as his siblings' accountant, Dampf hired Tindall and Guido as home health aides and sent them more than $1.5 million, pretending it was a reimbursement, according to Billhimer.…

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Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Driver, 28, Gets 5 Years In State Prison For Fatal Hit-Run Pedestrian Crash Jersey Shore Driver, 28, Gets 5 Years In State Prison For Fatal Hit-Run Pedestrian Crash
Jersey Shore Driver, 28, Gets 5 Years In State Prison For Fatal Hit-Run Pedestrian Crash A 28-year-old man from the Jersey Shore has been sentenced to five years in state prison in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian, authorities said. Craig Menth, 28, of Barnegat was sentenced on Friday by Superior Court Judge Michael T. Collins on his earlier guilty plea to knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Menth pleaded guilty to the offense before Judge Collins on Jan. 27, Billhimer said. On Sept. 1, 2019, Brick Township police responded to Drum …

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Ex-Trenton Detective Gets 30 Years In State Prison For Sexually Assaulting Girls Ex-Trenton Detective Gets 30 Years In State Prison For Sexually Assaulting Girls
Ex-Trenton Detective Gets 30 Years In State Prison For Sexually Assaulting Girls A former Trenton police detective was sentenced to 30 years in state prison for sexually assaulting two girls over the course of several years, authorities said. William Sanchez-Monllor, 39, of Burlington Township, was sentenced on two counts of first-degree sexual assault Friday, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Sanchez-Monllor pleaded guilty to the sex crimes last November, Coffina said. The plea-bargained sentence was handed down in Superior Court in Mount Holly by Presiding Judge Terrence R. Cook who called the defendant’s actions extremely damaging. “He had a role and…

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Prosecutor: South Jersey Pastor Blackmailed Youths In 4 States, Demanded Nude Snapchat Photos Prosecutor: South Jersey Pastor Blackmailed Youths In 4 States, Demanded Nude Snapchat Photos
Prosecutor: South Jersey Pastor Blackmailed Youths In 4 States, Demanded Nude Snapchat Photos A 30-year-old pastor from Burlington County is accused of coaxing underage boys to send him nude photos and videos, authorities said. The Baptist youth pastor and music leader of a Hainesport church then used the material to blackmail his victims into performing sexual acts on themselves for his enjoyment, according to Burlington Count Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Sean Higgins, 30, of Temple Boulevard in Palmyra has been charged with a total of 28 crimes he committed while posing as a teenage girl, Coffina said.  Higgins is youth pastor at Harbor Baptist Church, and also serves as a teac…

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MUGSHOTS: Dozens Of Central Jersey Gang Members Busted For Dogfighting, Drugs, Illegal Firearms MUGSHOTS: Dozens Of Central Jersey Gang Members Busted For Dogfighting, Drugs, Illegal Firearms
Mugshots: Dozens Of Central Jersey Gang Members Busted For Dogfighting, Drugs, Illegal Firearms An investigation dubbed "Operation Golden State" led to the arrests of more than two dozen Central Jersey gang members on charges ranging from attempted murder, dogfighting, racketeering and more, authorities said Friday. The 29 suspects from the "Golden State" gang were mostly from from Monmouth and Ocean, involved in more than a dozen recent shootings in Asbury Park, Long Branch, Tinton Falls, Keansburg and Neptune Township, according to Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.  The joint investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office with help from federal, st…

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Authorities ID Dead Woman, 91, Found Along Jersey Shore Trail Authorities ID Dead Woman, 91, Found Along Jersey Shore Trail
Authorities ID Dead Woman, 91, Found Along Jersey Shore Trail Authorities have identified the woman whose decomposing body was found along a wooded trail in Ocean County last weekend, authorities said. The woman was identified as Edith Liguori, 91, of Toms River, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. There is no foul play suspected in her death, Billhimer said on Friday. Berkeley Township Police Department received a 9-1-1 call on Saturday on a report of "an unresponsive, unidentifiable female located in a wooded area along an ATV trail," Billhimer said in an earlier statement. Responding police officers found the…

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Weather
Jersey Shore Motorists Rescued From Rising Floodwaters: 'Turn Around, Don't Drown' Jersey Shore Motorists Rescued From Rising Floodwaters: 'Turn Around, Don't Drown'
Jersey Shore Motorists Rescued From Rising Floodwaters: 'Turn Around, Don't Drown' Steady rain brought some instant misery for motorists in Central Jersey, authorities said. Firefighters were called to Sea Bright on Friday morning on a report that multiple vehicles were stuck in rising floods.  First responders were helping remove some of the drivers from their stranded vehicles on the 1400 block of Ocean Avenue, according to an initial reports.  Sea Bright Fire Rescue posted video of cars daring rising floodwater here on its Facebook page.  "Turn Around Don’t Drown!!" the firefighters warned. "Another miserable day ahead with a cold rain and some wet sn…

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WINNER: Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Worth $512.5K Sold In Ocean County WINNER: Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Worth $512.5K Sold In Ocean County
Winner: Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Worth $512.5K Sold In Ocean County A winning Jersey Cash 5 ticket was sold in Ocean County, state Lottery officials said. One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn to win the $512,525 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from Thursday's drawing.  The winning numbers were: 18, 20, 21, 30, and 42 and the XTRA number was: 03.  The winning ticket was sold at Princeton Avenue Deli & Dairy, 300 Princeton Ave. in  Brick Township, officials said. The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for the winning ticket sold. 

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Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Central Jersey Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Central Jersey
Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Central Jersey A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in New Brunswick, authorities said. The male crash victim, who had not been identified as of Thursday night, was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony A. Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department. The man was fatally struck Wednesday evening on Livingston Avenue near Welton Street, they said. The motorist remained at the crash scene and cooperated with law enforcement, they said. The investigation is active and continuing. Anyon…

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Toms River Trio Arrested In Fatal Shooting Toms River Trio Arrested In Fatal Shooting
Toms River Trio Arrested In Fatal Shooting Three men from Toms River have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old from Bayville earlier this month, authorities said.  Shadrach Correa, 18, Daivon Sullivan, 18, and Leyron Jones, 23, have been charged with murder in the Oct. 11 shooting death of Javon Cutler of Bayville, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Toms River Township Police Chief Mitchell A. Little. The three defendants also were charged with two counts of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder, Billhimer and Little said. At ab…

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