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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

Police & Fire

CT Man Indicted For Shooting At Police Officer, Fleeing Ocean County Stop After Kidnapping GF A Connecticut man who authorities said fired at a police officer following a Jersey Shore traffic stop was indicted on attempted murder, kidnapping and other charges, authorities said. Miguel Angel-Villegas, 29, of New Haven had threatened to kill his then-girlfriend if she didn't drive him from Connecticut to New Jersey, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. After making the woman give the Tuckerton police officer a bogus name during the traffic stop last Nov. 21, Angel-Villegas forced her at gunpoint to speed away, Billhimer said. She hit the gas and the vehicle struck…

by Jon Craig

02/05/2020

Police & Fire

Facebook Kills Anti-Semitic 'Rise Up Ocean County' Page Facebook has removed a page originating in Ocean County following complaints from Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Grewal that it promoted anti-Semitism. Facebook's decision to unpublish "Rise Up Ocean County," comes about 10 months after Rachel Wainer Apter, director of the state's Division on Civil Rights, sent the social media giant a letter expressing concerns about racist and anti-Semitic statements on the page. The Facebook page, and its 19,000 likes, went silent on Wednesday morning. Rise Up Ocean County administrators posted Facebook's notification on a separ…

by Jon Craig

02/05/2020

Lifestyle

Old Navy Opening 3 New Jersey Stores Old Navy is adding three more stores to its New Jersey market this year, according to a chain spokesman. In addition to a new store coming to East Rutherford as part of the American Dream mall which opened last fall, Old Navy plans to open stores in Parsippany and Howell. There are already 22 Old Navy stores in New Jersey. Here are the locations and their tentative opening dates: East Rutherford: American Dream mall, 1 American Dream Way (early spring) Parsippany: Waterview Market Place, Route 46 and Waterview Blvd. (late summer) Howell: Howell Commons, 731 Route 9 North (mid-fall) The H…

by Jon Craig

02/05/2020

Police & Fire

'Horrific': Wild Dogs Who Attacked Dozen Residents Captured By Little Egg Harbor Police A pack of wild dogs who had bitten at least a dozen Little Egg Harbor residents over the course of several months have been captured by police. Six people were attacked by three loose dogs Monday, the same animals that have terrorized a neighborhood for months, township police said. Police released a video on Tuesday of a man squaring off against the pack of barking canines, swinging a pole and shouting as the animals advanced on him. "Yesterday's events were horrific, and nobody should live in fear of allowing their children to play outside, walk down the street or simply get the ma…

by Jon Craig

02/05/2020

Police & Fire

Freehold Man Struck, Killed By Car In Colts Neck A Freehold man died after being struck and killed by a car in Colts Neck Tuesday, authorities said. Robert Owenburg, 67, was struck by a vehicle just before 3 p.m. at a Crine Road property, Colts Neck Township Police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene near Hillsdale Road. Initial and unconfirmed reports said someone was trapped under a vehicle at Slope Brook Farm. An investigation is ongoing.

by Jon Craig

02/04/2020

Police & Fire

Mom Of Rutgers Freshman Killed By Train Sues Fraternity, University Over Unauthorized Party The mom of a former Rutgers University student who was struck and killed by a train after leaving a fraternity party has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the university and the fraternity, NJ.com reports. Claudia Patterson filed the suit in Superior Court of Middlesex County on behalf of her son, Kenneth Patterson of Rockaway, who died as a freshman in 2017. The suit alleges that Theta Delta Chi, the fraternity throwing the party, was on a cease and desist order and was prohibited from sponsoring or hosting any fraternity-related events. Patterson -- a Morris Knolls High School grad…

by Jon Craig

02/04/2020

Police & Fire

Authorities ID Teen Killed In One-Car Jackson Crash A teenage driver died after losing control of his car and striking several trees near a golf course in Jackson, authorities said. Jackson police identified the motorist killed in the Friday night crash as Austen Hunter, 19, of Jackson. A passenger, Hasson Renouf, 23, of Jackson, was listed in stable condition, police said. The accident was reported at 10:30 p.m. when police officers from the Jackson and Manchester police departments responded to a 911 call about a crash on South Hope Chapel Road. Upon arriving at the scene, police officers located a 1997 Chrysler Sebring which had gone of…

by Jon Craig

02/03/2020

Police & Fire

Piscataway Driver Killed In Garden State Parkway Woodbridge Crash A Piscataway man died after his car struck a disabled tractor-trailer while exiting the Garden State Parkway, police said. Emmanuel Emeana, 46, crashed into the back of the disabled truck parked on the shoulder off exit 129 in Woodbridge around 7 p.m. Saturday, New Jersey State Police said. Emeana was merging onto Route 9 when his southbound Lexus ES hit the disabled truck, police said. Emeana was pronounced dead at the scene and the truck driver was not injured, according to state police.

by Jon Craig

02/03/2020

Police & Fire

Prosecutor: Toms River Driver Was High, Drunk In Double-Fatal Porsche Crash A driver was drunk and high when his Porsche careened into the second story of a Toms River building, killing himself and his passenger, authorities said Friday. Braden De Martin, 22, had a blood-alcohol content of more than twice the legal limit during the Nov. 10, 2019 crash that also killed his passenger, Daniel Foley, 23. De Martin was speeding northbound on Hooper Avenue when he lost control of his 2010 Porsche Boxster, a Toms River police investigation found. The sports car struck an embankment and was sent airborne into the second-floor of an office building…

by Jon Craig

01/31/2020

News

Letter To The Editor: Ode On Impeachment Vote Daily Voice does not endorse the content of Letters to the Editor. To the Editor: We’re heading down the road, Towards a presidential impeach. Some say it’s a no brainer, Others argue it’s a reach. What I really find disturbing, Is the vote goes down the party line. Voting against your party, Is like stepping on a land mine. We could change this situation, And start to make things right. By shutting off all the lights, And voting late at night. Then let’s take out the center aisle, And mix up a seating chart. Where alternating parties, Are only a seat apart. I’m sure this wo…

by Daily Voice

01/29/2020

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