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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
NJ Grindr Trap-Setters Threatened To Castrate Child Predators, Then All 4 Were Arrested: Report NJ Grindr Trap-Setters Threatened To Castrate Child Predators, Then All 4 Were Arrested: Report
NJ Grindr Trap-Setters Threatened To Castrate Child Predators, Then All 4 Were Arrested: Report Two New Jersey men who posed as teen boys on the Grindr app to lure and trap child predators helped police arrest four people — themselves and two suspects, NJ Advance Media reported.  Among the would-be predators were Anthony Cotos, 29, of Edison, and Jordan Grundy, 21, of North Plainfield, who were both interrogated and threatened with castration by the two unnamed vigilantes, NJ.com says citing police. The unnamed trap-setters, a 34-year-old Edison man and a 26-year-old Springfield man, told police they posed as 15-year-old boys on the app and arranged to meet with three w…

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Brick Police Seize Crack From Bicyclist, Arrest Fugitives On Warrants Brick Police Seize Crack From Bicyclist, Arrest Fugitives On Warrants
Brick Police Seize Crack From Bicyclist, Arrest Fugitives On Warrants Brick police made a number of drug arrests, including one involving a bicyclist. On March 2 at approximately 10:15 p.m. Ptl. Morgan Murphy observed an erratic driver on Brick Boulevard. Murphy initiated a motor vehicle stop for failure to maintain lane and use of a cell phone while driving. Brick Street Crimes Unit (SCU) Detectives arrived to assist with the stop.  The driver, Barry Ellenwood 2nd, 35, of Wharton, was arrested for obstruction after failing to obey officers’ commands to exit the vehicle, police said. A search of the vehicle was conducted and officers discovered five bund…

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Ex-NJ Police Officer Gets 10 Years State Prison For Basement Meth Lab: Prosecutor Ex-NJ Police Officer Gets 10 Years State Prison For Basement Meth Lab: Prosecutor
Ex-NJ Police Officer Gets 10 Years State Prison For Basement Meth Lab: Prosecutor A former Long Branch police officer has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison for manufacturing methamphetamine in his basement and a shed at his home last year, authorities said. Christopher Walls, 50, was sentenced on Friday, March 4 by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Jill G. O’Malley, having previously pleaded guilty to causing a risk of widespread injury and for manufacturing drugs. Walls also permanently forfeited public office, as well as his firearms and firearms ID card, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Police were called to…

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Contaminated Water In These PA Towns Has Lasting Health Effects, National Study Underway Contaminated Water In These PA Towns Has Lasting Health Effects, National Study Underway
Contaminated Water In These PA Towns Has Lasting Health Effects, National Study Underway A national study is measuring the effects of contaminated drinking water in 10 regions of the country including towns near military bases in Pennsylvania. The contaminants, known as PFAS, are also called “forever” chemicals because they stay in bodies for many years and have been linked to potentially serious health problems. In many cases, the source of PFAS in the groundwater is likely past use of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) in the area. At airports and military bases, the foam is used as a fire suppressant to extinguish flammable liquid fires such as fuel fires. The studies are bei…

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'Forever Chemicals' NJ Town's Water Center Of Major Study 'Forever Chemicals' NJ Town's Water Center Of Major Study
'Forever Chemicals' NJ Town's Water Center Of Major Study Researchers at Rutgers University will be studying the long-term health effects of chemicals in a Gloucester County town's contaminated water supply. The pollution came from a plastics plant near Paulsboro. Solvay Solexis and Arkema of West Deptford settled a class-action lawsuit to clean up the drinking water believed contaminated back to 1980. PFAS — which are "forever" chemicals — are man-made chemicals that have been used in industry and manufacturing of consumer products since the 1950s, Rutgers says. Paulsboro, a town of 6,000 on the Delaware River, recorded the highest rate of …

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Police & Fire
Toddler, Dad Drop From Burning South Brunswick Apartment Toddler, Dad Drop From Burning South Brunswick Apartment
Toddler, Dad Drop From Burning South Brunswick Apartment A father and his toddler child were uninjured when they dropped into the arms of first responders from the second-floor balcony of their burning South Brunswick apartment Monday, March 7. Four people were being treated for smoke inhalation and at least 50 residents of the South Ridge Apartments in the Monmouth Junction section of the township were displaced, police said. First responders in South Brunswick caught a toddler and father who dropped from a second-floor balcony on Monday.Twitter/ South Brunswick PD Command was reporting that the fire was being fought in defensive mode only. …

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Van Strikes Tree In South Jersey, Motorist Airlifted (DEVELOPING) Van Strikes Tree In South Jersey, Motorist Airlifted (DEVELOPING)
Van Strikes Tree In South Jersey, Motorist Airlifted (Developing) A van struck a tree in South Jersey, according to developing and unconfirmed reports. The crash was reported at about 7:40 a.m. on Monday, March 7 on the Pemberton Bypass in Pemberton, initial reports said. A request was made for a medical airlift to an area hospital. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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Serious 3-Alarm Apartment House Fire Reported In Central Jersey (DEVELOPING) Serious 3-Alarm Apartment House Fire Reported In Central Jersey (DEVELOPING)
Serious 3-Alarm Apartment House Fire Reported In Central Jersey (Developing) Firefighters were battling a three-alarm blaze in a three-story apartment house in Middlesex County, according to developing and unconfirmed reports.  The heavy fire broke out at about 8 a.m. on Northumberland Way in South Brunswick, initial reports said.  Command was reporting that the fire was being fought in defensive mode only. As firefighters arrived, "victims were hanging from the windows," according to an unconfirmed report.  This is a developing news sotry. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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Serious Crash Reported In Monmouth County (DEVELOPING) Serious Crash Reported In Monmouth County (DEVELOPING)
Serious Crash Reported In Monmouth County (Developing) Firefighters, police and EMS crews were called to a serious crash with injuries on the Jersey Shore, according to developing and unconfirmed reports. The crash occurred shortly before 5 p.m. on Friday, March 4, on Pinckney Road in Red Bank, initial reports said. There were injuries and a fluid spill, an unconfirmed report said. This is a developing news story. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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Firefighters Battle Major Blaze On Jersey Shore (DEVELOPING) Firefighters Battle Major Blaze On Jersey Shore (DEVELOPING)
Firefighters Battle Major Blaze On Jersey Shore (Developing) Firefighters were battling a serious house fire in Monmouth County, according to developing and unconfirmed reports. The fire broke out before 3 p.m. on Friday, March 4 at 32 Parker St. in Freehold, initial reports said. Smoke could be seen pouring from the roof of the home, an unconfirmed report said. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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