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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. 

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Police & Fire
3 Guns Recovered In South Jersey 3 Guns Recovered In South Jersey
3 Guns Recovered In South Jersey Three guns were recovered in a city in South Jersey. The discovery of guns followed a  ShotSpotter alert in Pleasantville on Tuesday. Police were called to Main Street and Atlantic Avenue after the 1:24 p.m. alert, and found shell casings, Pleasantville police said. Witnesses told police they saw a man jump from a second-story at 918 N. Main St. A jacket was left behind. Three handguns also were found in the immediate area, police said. Anyone with information is urged to call the police at 609-641-6100 or email supervisor@pleasantvillepd.org. Information also can be provided anony…

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Real Estate
CVS Shutters Central Jersey Store Amid Plan To Close Hundreds CVS Shutters Central Jersey Store Amid Plan To Close Hundreds
CVS Shutters Central Jersey Store Amid Plan To Close Hundreds CVS Health has closed one of its New Jersey stores as part of a broader plan to shutter 900 stores by 2024. The company’s only store in Metuchen, located at 45 Pearl St. closed on Dec. 28, according to several reports. “All prescriptions will be seamlessly transferred to the nearby CVS Pharmacy at 913 Oak Tree Ave. in South Plainfield, which is less than 4 miles away, ensuring that pharmacy customers continue to have uninterrupted access to service," the company said in a statement. CVS Health will be closing 900 stores across the US in the next three years, the company announced in Novemb…

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News
Detectives Search For Missing 12-Year-Old Boy Detectives Search For Missing 12-Year-Old Boy
Detectives Search For Missing 12-Year-Old Boy A 12-year-old boy is missing in South Jersey, authorities said. Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Winslow Township Police Department Chief George Smith are asking for the public’s help locating the missing child. Naquan Lindsey was reported missing on Tuesday. ALSO SEE: Missing Boy Spotted Wednesday Evening In Camden He is described as a 5’4” black male, weighing approximately 100 pounds with brown eyes and a dark complexion. His possible destination is not known, although he’s known to frequent East Camden. Naquan also went missing in November 2021 as reported here. Anyon…

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News
Stolen Car Catches Fire On Garden State Parkway Stolen Car Catches Fire On Garden State Parkway
Stolen Car Catches Fire On Garden State Parkway A stolen car caught fire on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. The car was reported stolen out of Little Silver, according to Trooper Charles Marchan, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police. State troopers found the car on fire at milepost 116.8 northbound in Holmdel at 11:53 a.m. Friday, Marchan said. The car had been abandoned and there was no one close to it. The incident remains under investigation.

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News
Atlantic City Man Gets 20 Years State Prison For Causing 3 Fentanyl Overdose Deaths: Prosecutor Atlantic City Man Gets 20 Years State Prison For Causing 3 Fentanyl Overdose Deaths: Prosecutor
Atlantic City Man Gets 20 Years State Prison For Causing 3 Fentanyl Overdose Deaths: Prosecutor A 44-year-old man from Atlantic City was sentenced to 20 years in New Jersey state prison for causing the fatal fentanyl overdoses of three people, according to Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill. George Stokes, 44, was sentenced Tuesday on the following charges, which he pleaded guilty to on Oct. 15, 2021, Shill said: first-degree leader of a drug trafficking network; first-degree drug-induced death of Hector Santos of Atlantic City on April 26, 2017;  first-degree drug-induced death of William Ang of Somers Point on June 2, 2017, and; first-degree drug-induced death o…

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19-Year-Old NJ Wawa Worker Saves Customer's Life 19-Year-Old NJ Wawa Worker Saves Customer's Life
19-Year-Old NJ Wawa Worker Saves Customer's Life A 19-year-old South Jersey Wawa employee is credited with saving the life of a customer having a medical episode. A routine day of making sandwiches on a 16-hour shift turned into a very memorable one for John Wallop. On Dec. 17, the high school senior was making sandwiches when he was flagged down by two strangers saying a woman was having a seizure in the bathroom at the Millville Wawa, 6abc reports. Wallop ran into the bathroom. "She, you know, passed away on me for a second," he said, according to 6ABC News. "You know, she died on me for a second." Wallop performed CPR until the …

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Police & Fire
Stolen Autos Reported In Central Jersey Stolen Autos Reported In Central Jersey
Stolen Autos Reported In Central Jersey There were a couple of reports of stolen vehicles In Central Jersey. One came out of Middletown about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and involved a blue 2020 BMW, initial reports said. An unconfirmed report said that it was taken from an Acme lot on Newman Springs Road. The second report of a stolen came out of Red Bank about 2:15 p.m. The Investigation is still ongoing at this time and the vehicle has not yet been recovered, Cpl. Janine Kennedy of the Middletown Police Department said. Red Bank were not immediately available for comment.  CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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Police & Fire
Storage Fire Doused By Central Jersey Firefighters Storage Fire Doused By Central Jersey Firefighters
Storage Fire Doused By Central Jersey Firefighters A three-alarm fire ripped through multiple storage units in Central Jersey. The fire broke out about 9:15 a.m. on Cheesequake Road in Sayreville, initial reports said. It took nearly four hours to bring the fire, which also destroyed multiple vehicles, under control, reports said. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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Police & Fire
Motorist Trapped In Serious Route 206 South Jersey Crash: Developing Motorist Trapped In Serious Route 206 South Jersey Crash: Developing
Motorist Trapped In Serious Route 206 South Jersey Crash: Developing A motorist was reported trapped in a crash involving a dump truck, according to developing and uninformed reports. The crash occurred about 9 a.m. on Route 206 at Woodlane Road, initial reports said. Route 206 northbound was closed at Route 537, reports said. A medical helicopter was requested, reports said. Eastampton police were not immediately available for comment.  CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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Police & Fire
Serious Fire Reported In Central Jersey: Developing Serious Fire Reported In Central Jersey: Developing
Serious Fire Reported In Central Jersey: Developing There was a serious fire with a victim in South Jersey, according to developing and unconfirmed reports. The fire occurred before 7:30 a;m. Tuesday on State Street in Perth Amboy, initial reports said. Three was a request for a medical helicopter to airlift at least one victim to an area hospital, reports said. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES 

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