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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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Man Convicted In Dad's Fatal Stabbing Gets 25 Years State Prison: Prosecutor Man Convicted In Dad's Fatal Stabbing Gets 25 Years State Prison: Prosecutor
Man Convicted In Dad's Fatal Stabbing Gets 25 Years State Prison: Prosecutor  A 41-year-old South Jersey man has been sentenced to a maximum 20 years in state prison for fatally stabbing his father, authorities said Wednesday. Michael N. Tedesco, 41, of Millville in Cumberland County also received a five-year prison sentence, to be served consecutively, for a probation violation, according to Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae. Tedesco was found guilty by a jury on Oct. 29 of second-degree manslaughter in the slaying of Gary Tedesco, 66, also of Millville, the prosecutor said. Tedesco stabbed his dad nine times after a fight on April 19, 201…

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Business
Charlie Brown's Reopening 1 Shuttered NJ Location: Report Charlie Brown's Reopening 1 Shuttered NJ Location: Report
Charlie Brown's Reopening 1 Shuttered NJ Location: Report Charlie Brown's Fresh Grill closed 13 of its New Jersey locations last year. Next year, one will reopen, local officials said. The Woodbury location at 111 N. Broad St. is expected to make a comeback in 2022, 42 Freeway reports citing the township mayor's most recent newsletter.   An exact reopening date has not been announced. The company’s Scotch Plains restaurant is currently the only one operating statewide. Click here for more from 42 Freeway.

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2,200 Bricks Of Heroin Worth $1.1M Seized In 'Historic' NJ Drug Bust: Prosecutor 2,200 Bricks Of Heroin Worth $1.1M Seized In 'Historic' NJ Drug Bust: Prosecutor
2,200 Bricks Of Heroin Worth $1.1M Seized In 'Historic' NJ Drug Bust: Prosecutor Three people have been arrested and more than $1 million worth of heroin was seized in a major Mercer County bust that involved tracking suspects between Philadelphia and Trenton, authorities said. The total amount of heroin seized was 2,200 bricks or 110,000 glassine bags, according to Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri, who called it "the largest pre-packaged heroin seizure in Mercer County history." Detectives also seized $50,000 in cocaine as a result of the three-month investigation. On Monday,  members of the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force were conducting s…

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New Brunswick High School Student Charged With Posting Social Media Threats: Superintendent New Brunswick High School Student Charged With Posting Social Media Threats: Superintendent
New Brunswick High School Student Charged With Posting Social Media Threats: Superintendent A 14-year-old student from New Brunswick High School has been charged with posting threatening messages on the Internet, authorities said. "On behalf of the school district, I want to thank our public safety community for their partnership, support, and diligence in this matter," Superintendent Aubrey A. Johnson wrote in a Wednesday letter to the school community.  Word of the threats and an active police investigation was initially announced by Johnson on Monday: Dr. Aubrey Johnson issued an alert about an online threat Monday.New Brunswick School District "While the apprehension of a…

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Consent? Videos Of Naked Woman Found On Central Jersey Man's Phone: Prosecutor Consent? Videos Of Naked Woman Found On Central Jersey Man's Phone: Prosecutor
Consent? Videos Of Naked Woman Found On Central Jersey Man's Phone: Prosecutor A 35-year-old man from Monmouth County has been found guilty of having videos of a naked woman without her permission, authorities said. He also shared child pornography, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. Robert Mack of Tinton Falls was convicted of third-degree invasion of privacy as well as second- and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child charges, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said.  The charges stem from the 2017 possession and distribution of child sexual abuse materials, Linskey said. An investigation by the Monmouth County Pr…

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Unbuckled Woman Critical After Running Stop Sign, Striking Garbage Truck In Toms River: PD Unbuckled Woman Critical After Running Stop Sign, Striking Garbage Truck In Toms River: PD
Unbuckled Woman Critical After Running Stop Sign, Striking Garbage Truck In Toms River: PD A 37-year-old driver was unbuckled when she blew a stop sign and was struck by a garbage truck in Central Jersey leaving her critical on Tuesday, authorities said. Anna Zybura, of Keansburg, was heading north on Garfield Avenue in Toms River, when she failed to stop for the stop sign at the intersection of Garfield and Windsor avenues around 7:40 a.m., local police said. Zybura’s car was struck by a township garbage truck going west on Windsor Avenue, police said. She suffered severe head trauma and was airlifted to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune where she was listed in …

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South Jersey Man Arrested In Head-On Crash That Killed Motorcyclist: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Arrested In Head-On Crash That Killed Motorcyclist: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Arrested In Head-On Crash That Killed Motorcyclist: Prosecutor A South Jersey man has been arrested in connection with a head-on crash that killed a motorcyclist, authorities said. Steven Hanlin of Egg Harbor City was arrested on Monday by New Jersey State Police and members of the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Officer, according to Prosecutor Cary Shill. The fatal crash occurred on Oct. 3, 2020, on Clarks Landing Road in Port Republic, Shill said. Hanlin allegedly failed to maintain his lane of travel and entered into the oncoming lane where he struck a motorcycle head-on, operated by Anthony Migliaccio, Shill said. Migliaccio, 63, of Somers Poi…

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2 Men Found Dead In South Jersey Garage With Running Car: Report 2 Men Found Dead In South Jersey Garage With Running Car: Report
2 Men Found Dead In South Jersey Garage With Running Car: Report Two men were found dead in a garage with the car running in South Jersey, NJ Advance Media reports. The bodies of the 18- and- 50-year-old men were found by a Millville resident coming home from work inside of the garage at a home on the 2000 block of Wheaton Avenue (Route 555) around 2:45 a.m., the outlet said citing local police. The incident appears to be accidental, the outlet said, citing a Millville police spokesman. Police did not say if the men were residents of the home or if they died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Click here for the NJ Advance Media story. 

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Police & Fire
Ex-Physician Indicted For Illegally Prescribing Opioid Pills In South Jersey: Prosecutor Ex-Physician Indicted For Illegally Prescribing Opioid Pills In South Jersey: Prosecutor
Ex-Physician Indicted For Illegally Prescribing Opioid Pills In South Jersey: Prosecutor A former physician from South Jersey has been indicted for illegally prescribing highly-addictive opioid pills, authorities said. Morris “Moishe” Starkman, 62, of Yellowstone Road in Cinnaminson, has been indicted on 21 counts of narcotics distribution and fraud charges for the alleged activity out of his Bordentown Township practice, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Starkman simultaneously engaged in an unlawful medical billing scheme over a three-year period, Coffina alleged. Starkman was indicted by a grand jury on 15 counts of distribution of a controlled d…

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Police & Fire
Philadelphia Man Arrested In 7-Eleven Armed Robbery, South Jersey Police Say Philadelphia Man Arrested In 7-Eleven Armed Robbery, South Jersey Police Say
Philadelphia Man Arrested In 7-Eleven Armed Robbery, South Jersey Police Say A 44-year-old man from Philadelphia man has been arrested in connection with a hold-up at a South Jersey 7-Eleven, authorities said. John Grubbs was charged by Evesham police with first-degree robbery, aggravated assault, theft and several weapons offenses, police said.  On Nov. 2, 2020, at 5:15 a.m.,  Evesham police responded to the 7-Eleven at 2 East Main St., for an armed robbery. A man demanded money from the store's clerk  while brandishing a handgun, police said. The employee complied and gave the suspect cash in the register, they said. The man fled on foot…

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