Rain Fog/Mist 62°

Jon Craig

Reporter

jon.craig@dailyvoice.com

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter Linkedin

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

Police & Fire
Deer, Bicyclist Collide In Central Jersey Deer, Bicyclist Collide In Central Jersey
Deer, Bicyclist Collide In Central Jersey Firefighters, police and EMS crews were called to 234 Millstone Road on a report of a bicyclist colliding with a deer, authorities said. The bicyclist was reported semi-conscious after the crash about 10:30 a.m. in Millstone Township, according to initial, unconfirmed reports. This is a developing news story. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES,

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Killed, 2 Others Hurt In South Jersey Crashes Motorcyclist Killed, 2 Others Hurt In South Jersey Crashes
Motorcyclist Killed, 2 Others Hurt In South Jersey Crashes One motorcyclist was killed and two others were injured in separate crashes early Sunday morning in Burlington County, authorities said. Alexander Halsey, 45, of Forked River was heading north on Route 206 with a group of motorcyclists near the Comfort Inn Hotel in Bordentown when he lost control of his 2019 Harley Davidson motorcycle just before 12:30 p.m., Bordentown police said. Halsey sustained severe life threatening injuries as a result of his crash, police said, and was taken by ambulance to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton Township where he was pronounced dead nea…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
First Responders Called To Crash Closing Route 1 In Mercer County First Responders Called To Crash Closing Route 1 In Mercer County
First Responders Called To Crash Closing Route 1 In Mercer County EMS, firefighters and police were responding to a crash which trapped at least two people late Friday afternoon, authorities said. First responders were called to Route 1 at Franklin Corner Road in Lawrenceville about 4:30 p.m. Route 1 was closed in both directions. At least two people had to be extricated from a vehicle, according to initial, unconfirmed reports. This is a developing news story. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES.

SHARE

by Jon Craig
News
'Gut Wrenching': East Brunswick Neighbors Raise Money For Grieving Dad After Drowning 'Gut Wrenching': East Brunswick Neighbors Raise Money For Grieving Dad After Drowning
'Gut Wrenching': East Brunswick Neighbors Raise Money For Grieving Dad After Drowning East Brunswick neighbors are rallying for a local dad mourning the loss of his wife, daughter and father, who drowned in their backyard pool earlier this week. More than $28,700 had been raised as of Friday afternoon for Akash Patel on a GoFundMe, organized by Sarah Grabowski. Funds from the page will go toward funeral services for Akash's wife Nisha Patel, 33, father Bharat Patel, 62, and 8-year-old daughter. "Only weeks living in their new home, on June 22nd, the most heartbreaking and unimaginable thing happened," Grabowski wrote. "On a very hot June afternoon, Akash’s wife an…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Bronx Foursome Foiled By Central Jersey Woman, 77, In 'Grandparent Scam' Bronx Foursome Foiled By Central Jersey Woman, 77, In 'Grandparent Scam'
Bronx Foursome Foiled By Central Jersey Woman, 77, In 'Grandparent Scam' Three men and a woman from the Bronx were arrested after calling a 77-year-old woman from Monmouth County to say her grandson needed bail money, authorities said. After the caller told the elderly woman that people would come pick up the money at her house -- and that she shouldn’t tell anyone -- the unidentified senior citizen called her grandson to confirm he had not been arrested, Marlboro Police Capt. Stephen J. Levy said in a statement Wednesday. The grandmother then went to police headquarters to report the attempted scam and Marlboro officers arrested the foursome when they came to g…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Woodbridge Teenager Charged With Assault, Eluding After Serious Crash Woodbridge Teenager Charged With Assault, Eluding After Serious Crash
Woodbridge Teenager Charged With Assault, Eluding After Serious Crash A teenager from Middlesex County has been arrested in connection with a serious two-car crash that sent two people to the hospital on Wednesday, authorities said. Gregory Kazdan, 18, of the Fords section of Woodbridge was charged with eluding police and aggravated assault, Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher L.C. Kuberiet and Old Bridge Police Chief William Volkert said in a statement. Old Bridge police tried to stop Kazdan, who was speeding in white 2019 Mercedes Benz past other vehicles on the shoulder of Route 9 north about 3:35 p.m., they said. Kazda…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Monmouth Prosecutor: South Jersey Man Stole $178K In Payroll Checks Monmouth Prosecutor: South Jersey Man Stole $178K In Payroll Checks
Monmouth Prosecutor: South Jersey Man Stole $178K In Payroll Checks A Burlington County man is accused of stealing $178,058 from his employer by cashing payroll checks for seasonal employees who were not actually working during the pay periods, authorities said. Edwin Montanez, 62, of Willingboro, was charged with theft of moveable property during a six-year time frame, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said in a statement. The theft occurred while Montanez worked as a supervisor at Hanro of Switzerland, which has an office and warehouse in Eatontown, the prosecutor said. If convicted, Montanez faces a sentence of five&nb…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Seaside Heights Police, Ocean Sheriff's Chase Fugitive Who Left Revolver In Stolen Newark Car Seaside Heights Police, Ocean Sheriff's Chase Fugitive Who Left Revolver In Stolen Newark Car
Seaside Heights Police, Ocean Sheriff's Chase Fugitive Who Left Revolver In Stolen Newark Car A suspect in a stolen car, chased by police in Seaside Heights early Wednesday, remains at large, authorities said. The brief pursuit exceeding 50 mph resulted in a crash into a second vehicle and a building on Central Avenue near Sumner and Franklin, a law enforcement source confirmed. The Ocean County Sheriff's Department responded with a K-9 unit, but the source said the driver of the car, reported stolen from Newark, was not caught. A handgun was found in the car, the source confirmed. The Seaside Heights Fire Department responded to secure the vehicle that collided with a structu…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Lakewood EMS, Police Respond To Pit Bull Attack Lakewood EMS, Police Respond To Pit Bull Attack
Lakewood EMS, Police Respond To Pit Bull Attack Lakewood-area EMS and police responded to a report of a pit bull biting a person, authorities said. One victim was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune City with a serious bite to the shoulder, according to initial unconfirmed reports. The incident occurred about 4:30 p.m. on Ronald Road in Lakewood. This is a developing news story. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES.

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Authorities: East Brunswick Drowning Victims Did Not Know How To Swim In 7-Foot Deep End Authorities: East Brunswick Drowning Victims Did Not Know How To Swim In 7-Foot Deep End
Authorities: East Brunswick Drowning Victims Did Not Know How To Swim In 7-Foot Deep End Authorities trying to tamp down rumors about the drowning of three family members in East Brunswick Monday have released new details about their accidental deaths. Neither Bharat Patel, 62, his 33-year old daughter-in-law Nisha Patel nor her 8-year-old daughter knew how to swim, Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher L.C. Kuberiet and East Brunswick Police Chief Frank LoSacco said in a joint statement. "The above-ground pool was mostly shallow at 3½ feet deep," Kuberiet and LoSacco said, but there was a portion of the pool that was 7 feet deep." "It doesn’t appear that th…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Prev Page 767 of 1107 765 766 767 768 769 Next
7,661 - 7,670 of 11,070 articles