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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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Atlantic Law Enforcement Recognizes County's 1st Woman Police Chief From Galloway Atlantic Law Enforcement Recognizes County's 1st Woman Police Chief From Galloway
Atlantic Law Enforcement Recognizes County's 1st Woman Police Chief From Galloway Galloway Township Police Chief Donna Higbee is being recognized, as part of Women's History Month, as the first woman police chief in Atlantic County. “Chief Higbee is as fine a chief that any law enforcement agency could want to lead them," Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said in a statement.  Higbee, born and raised in Galloway Township, was sworn in as the chief of its police department in July 2015.  Chief Higbee is the third generation of her family who settled a section of the township known as Higbeetown off Route 9 near Smithville.  Her father, John Higbee…

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Police & Fire
SWAT Team Seizes Guns, Hollow Point Bullets, Drugs In Willingboro Bust SWAT Team Seizes Guns, Hollow Point Bullets, Drugs In Willingboro Bust
SWAT Team Seizes Guns, Hollow Point Bullets, Drugs In Willingboro Bust Two semi-automatic handguns with hollow point bullets, a high capacity magazine along with heroin, crack cocaine and other drug paraphernalia were seized from a 31-year-old Willingboro resident's home, authorities said. The Willingboro SWAT team and local police executed a search warrant at the Garrison Circle home of Antonio Allen, 31, last week, police said, Allen was arrested on multiple charges including receiving stolen property, possession of a controlled drug with intent to sell in a school zone, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a high capacity magazine. He was…

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Prosecutor: Asbury Park Man, 24, Dies Of Gunshot At Home Prosecutor: Asbury Park Man, 24, Dies Of Gunshot At Home
Prosecutor: Asbury Park Man, 24, Dies Of Gunshot At Home A 24-year-old Asbury Park man died of a gunshot wound inflicted at his home Monday night, authorities said. They didn't say whether the shooting was by someone else or whether it was believed accidental or deliberate. Responding officers found Christian Lahens shot at his home on the 100 block of Dewitt Avenue shortly after 11:30 p.m. Monday, said Charles Webster, a spokesman for the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. Lahens was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 12:16 a.m. Tuesday, Webster said. The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office …

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Police & Fire
Boy, 14, Charged With Killing Trenton Man With Headshot During Argument Boy, 14, Charged With Killing Trenton Man With Headshot During Argument
Boy, 14, Charged With Killing Trenton Man With Headshot During Argument A 14-year-old boy from Hamilton killed a Trenton man with a gunshot to the head during an argument, authorities said. Detectives from the Mercer County Homicide Task Force took the boy into custody at his home Tuesday morning, they said. They filed a delinquency complaint charging the boy with killing 37-year-old Danavan Phillips during a fight the night before in the 100 block of Oakland Street, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said in a news release. The teen, whom Onofri didn't identify because of his age, shot Phillips once under the chin, the prosecutor said, without discussin…

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News
Seaside Heights Is First Jersey Shore Town To Block Beach Access Amid Coronavirus Fears Seaside Heights Is First Jersey Shore Town To Block Beach Access Amid Coronavirus Fears
Seaside Heights Is First Jersey Shore Town To Block Beach Access Amid Coronavirus Fears Seaside Heights is the first Jersey Shore town to shut its beaches, even for casual walks, to fight the spread of the coronavirus. “In support of Gov. (Phil) Murphy's 'stay home' executive orders and to further protect our public employees and residents, I have instructed the borough administrator to lock the beach crossover gates until further notice,” Mayor Anthony Vaz said on Facebook. The borough has not closed the boardwalk, but that could change, Vaz said on Tuesday. "We’re going to watch the next couple of days," Vaz said. "I was up on the boardwalk this morning, and only saw a c…

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Police & Fire
Two Teens Stabbed In Freehold Park: Sea Bright Man, Marlboro Juvenile Charged Two Teens Stabbed In Freehold Park: Sea Bright Man, Marlboro Juvenile Charged
Two Teens Stabbed In Freehold Park: Sea Bright Man, Marlboro Juvenile Charged Two teens were stabbed and two others charged following a knife fight in a popular Freehold park, authorities said. Responding officers found the bleeding victims in the Durand Park parking lot shortly after 3:30 p.m. Friday, township police said in a statement. Paramedics tended to them while police grabbed Russell Derector Jr., 19, of Sea Bright and a 17-year-old juvenile. They charged Derector with possession of a weapon, assault and harassment and signed delinquency complaints against the younger teen for weapons possession and making terroristic threats. The victims were tr…

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COVID-19: Woodbridge Nursing Home Faces Final Days COVID-19: Woodbridge Nursing Home Faces Final Days
Covid-19: Woodbridge Nursing Home Faces Final Days A Woodbridge nursing home is facing closure as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, officials said Tuesday. Residents at St. Joseph's Senior Home are being reassigned to another assisted living facility after several workers are home with influenza-like symptoms and several residents tested positive for coronavirus, state Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said. Officials have been monitoring the facility since Friday, and working with Catholic sisters who run it for an orderly transition. The center "has cared for the our most vulnerable population in Woodbridge and surrounding ar…

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Police & Fire
Hamilton PD: Trenton Pair Lifted $380K In Landscaping Gear, Sold Stolen Mowers On Facebook Hamilton PD: Trenton Pair Lifted $380K In Landscaping Gear, Sold Stolen Mowers On Facebook
Hamilton PD: Trenton Pair Lifted $380K In Landscaping Gear, Sold Stolen Mowers On Facebook A pair of thieves from Trenton stockpiled more than $380,000 worth of stolen landscaping equipment during the past year before selling top-of-the-line mowers on Facebook, authorities said. Clint Riley, 39 and Kevin Cedeno-Ruiz, 24, hit several storage yards, lifting an assortment of leaf blowers, lawnmowers, edgers and weed-whackers, Hamilton police said in a release. They then sold high-priced industrial lawn mowers -- eXmark, Toro and Bobcat, among other models -- for up to $30,000 apiece, they said. Riley and Cedeno-Ruiz stored the stolen equipment at several locations al…

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Police & Fire
Highland Park Firefighters Douse House Blaze Highland Park Firefighters Douse House Blaze
Highland Park Firefighters Douse House Blaze Highland Park firefighters quickly brought a house fire under control Tuesday morning. Several units responded at 7:51 a.m. to 112 North 3rd St., according to Highland Park police. The blaze fully engulfed the second and third floors of the home, police said. The fire was reported under control by 9 a.m., police said.  Police asked people to avoid the area. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES.

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Multiple Fire Departments Knock Down Fire In Lakehurst Multiple Fire Departments Knock Down Fire In Lakehurst
Multiple Fire Departments Knock Down Fire In Lakehurst An overnight fire Tuesday destroyed an Ocean County home, responders said. The Red Cross was assisting seven adults who reportedly were displaced by the blaze, which broke out on Center Street in Lakehurst shortly before 3 a.m. Flames shot through the roof of the home and caused minor damage to nearby homes. The Ocean County Fire Marshal's office was investigating the cause.

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