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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
Jogger Training For NYC Marathon Sexually Assaulted By Unknown Attacker In Jersey Shore Park Jogger Training For NYC Marathon Sexually Assaulted By Unknown Attacker In Jersey Shore Park
Jogger Training For NYC Marathon Sexually Assaulted By Unknown Attacker In Jersey Shore Park Authorities seek the public's help in identifying a suspect who attacked a woman training for the New York City Marathon at a Jersey Shore park. The sexual assault occurred at Big Brook Park in Marlboro, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago said (scroll for video). The joint investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office’s Special Victims Bureau and the Marlboro Township Police Department into the sexual assault of a female jogger is still active and ongoing. The incident took place shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 4, 2021, approximately 100 feet off the Henry Hudson T…

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SEEN HER? 12-Year-Old Girl Goes Missing In Atlantic City SEEN HER? 12-Year-Old Girl Goes Missing In Atlantic City
Seen HER? 12-Year-Old Girl Goes Missing In Atlantic City Atlantic City police are on the lookout for a 12-year-old girl who went missing last week. Luna Camacho was last seen at her home in Atlantic City on Friday, Sept. 8 and was reported missing Tuesday, Sept. 12,  Atlantic City police said. Luna is 5-foot-2 and about 140 pounds with dark brown hair and brown eyes, according to a police flyer. Anyone with information is asked to call Atlantic City police at 609-347-5766 or text 411. Begin the text with ACPD.

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Police & Fire
Student Charged In Bomb Threat At South Jersey Middle School: Police Student Charged In Bomb Threat At South Jersey Middle School: Police
Student Charged In Bomb Threat At South Jersey Middle School: Police A bomb threat was scrawled on a note in a middle school bathroom in Camden County, authorities said. A student has been charged with making the false bomb threat, Gloucester Township police said. Ann A. Mullen Middle School in Gloucester Township was evacuated at about 8:50 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12 after a school resource officer was told there was a note in a bathroom about a bomb in the building, police said. A search of the school on Sicklerville Road found no evidence of an explosive device and students resumed classes, police said. A student suffered a minor medical emergency during th…

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Police & Fire
Body Found In Car At Jersey Shore Shopping Center: Police Body Found In Car At Jersey Shore Shopping Center: Police
Body Found In Car At Jersey Shore Shopping Center: Police A body was found in the back seat of a car at a Jersey Shore shopping center, authorities said. At  4:52 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 12, the Howell Township Police Patrol Division responded to the Howell Common Shopping Center after someone reported a foul odor coming from a vehicle, police said. Police found a deceased person in the rear of a blue Chrysler Pacifica.  Detectives from the Howell Police Investigation Division conducted an investigation, with the assistance of the Middlesex County Medical Examiner's Office.  At this time, the circumstances surrounding …

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Police & Fire
South Jersey Men Sentenced In Fatal Shooting: Prosecutor South Jersey Men Sentenced In Fatal Shooting: Prosecutor
South Jersey Men Sentenced In Fatal Shooting: Prosecutor A 35-year-old man from Seabrook was sentenced to 48 years in New Jersey State Prison for his role in a fatal shooting, authorities said. Cleve W. Lewis was convicted of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, burglary and weapons offenses, according to Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae. A 44-year-old co-defendant, Gregrey A. Coombs of Seabrook was sentenced to 30 years in state prison for conspiracy to commit murder, she said. A third defendant is awaiting sentencing in the murder case. On Nov. 6, 2019, around 11:27 p.m., in Millville City, police were dispatched to an&nb…

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Obituaries
Lakewood Salsa Dancer ID'd As Victim Of Howell Rollover Crash Lakewood Salsa Dancer ID'd As Victim Of Howell Rollover Crash
Lakewood Salsa Dancer ID'd As Victim Of Howell Rollover Crash Police have identified the 51-year-old man from Lakewood killed when his vehicle overturned in Monmouth County, authorities said. Victor Ardiles was killed in the single-vehicle crash at 11:02 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6 near Lanes Mill Road and Lanes Pond Road, Howell Township police said.  Ardiles was operating an SUV in the eastbound lanes of Lanes Mill Road when he ran off the road on a curve and struck a concrete mailbox, police said. Ardiles struck a brick landscaping wall and flipped over, police said.  Ardiles, who was trapped inside, was pronounced dead at the scene. Th…

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Police & Fire
Good Samaritan On Boogie Board Helps Save 81-Year-Old Swimmer Off Seaside Park Beach: Police Good Samaritan On Boogie Board Helps Save 81-Year-Old Swimmer Off Seaside Park Beach: Police
Good Samaritan On Boogie Board Helps Save 81-Year-Old Swimmer Off Seaside Park Beach: Police An 81-year-old swimmer in distress was rescued by a Good Samaritan on a boogie board and Seaside Heights water rescue, authorities said. The incident began at about 2:55 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12 about 200 yards off the O Street Beach, Seaside Park police said. The man drifted toward Stockton Avenue when he was secured by the Good Samaritan. The water rescue team brought him to shore on a jet ski, police said. The man was reportedly stable and hospitalized. 

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Business
Central Jersey Pub Closed After 33 Years Of Business — That Lasted All Of 10 Days Central Jersey Pub Closed After 33 Years Of Business — That Lasted All Of 10 Days
Central Jersey Pub Closed After 33 Years Of Business — That Lasted All Of 10 Days They thought they were closing for good. Then, 10 days later, a Central Jersey pub rethought its decision and decided not to go out of business after all. Buzzy’s Food & Spirits in Piscataway reopened on Aug. 22 after closing just over a week earlier on Aug. 12.  Owners cited a tremendous outpouring of community support as a reason to reopen until the business is sold. "There was a groundswell of support when we announced out closing," Rob Brownlee told Daily Voice, but he discussed keeping the bar open on a limited basis with his wife Sherrie, who owns Buzzy's. It originally anno…

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News
Newly-Minted Millionaire: Pick 6 Lottery Player Takes Home $2.7M Newly-Minted Millionaire: Pick 6 Lottery Player Takes Home $2.7M
Newly-Minted Millionaire: Pick 6 Lottery Player Takes Home $2.7M There is a new millionaire in Cape May County thanks to the latest Pick 6  drawing, New Jersey Lottery officials said. One lucky ticket matched all six numbers drawn for on Monday, Sept. 11 winning the $2.7 million annuity jackpot. The cash value of the ticket is more than $1.2 million.  The winning ticket was sold at Ali Trading Inc., 401 S. Main St., Cape May Court House in Cape May County.  The lucky retailer will receive a bonus of $10,000 for selling that winning ticket. Executive Director James Carey said, “We are excited to meet the winner of this $2.7 million jackpo…

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Police & Fire
Body Recovered From River In Central Jersey (DEVELOPING) Body Recovered From River In Central Jersey (DEVELOPING)
Body Recovered From River In Central Jersey (Developing) Firefighters were at the scene of a body recovered from a river in North Brunswick, authorities said. The discovery was made shortly after noon on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at Church Lane and Riva Avenue. That's north of where Farrington Lake meets Ireland Brook. No other details were immediately available from police or firefighters.  CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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