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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
Multi-Vehicle Crash Backs Up Route 9 In Waretown Multi-Vehicle Crash Backs Up Route 9 In Waretown
Multi-Vehicle Crash Backs Up Route 9 In Waretown A multi-vehicle crash had traffic backed up on both sides of Route 9 in Waretown Tuesday afternoon. Early unconfirmed reports said as many as four vehicles were involved in the crash near Lighthouse Drive just before 2 p.m., a fire department dispatcher said. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Fugitive Who Shot Trenton Woman Dead Captured In Delaware Prosecutor: Fugitive Who Shot Trenton Woman Dead Captured In Delaware
Prosecutor: Fugitive Who Shot Trenton Woman Dead Captured In Delaware U.S. Marshals early Tuesday captured a Trenton man in Delaware who was wanted for shooting and killing a 24-year-old city woman earlier this month. Authorities charged Quasim Hallett, 39, with murder, among other counts, after members of the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force seized him, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. Hallett shot Quamierah Massey in the head on Hoffman Avenue in Trenton on April 5, Onofri said. She died the next day. Massey was among a group of people who gathered on Hoffman Avenue to watch a street fight between two women, th…

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News
Monmouth County Print Shop Donates Thousands Of COVID-19 Face Shields Monmouth County Print Shop Donates Thousands Of COVID-19 Face Shields
Monmouth County Print Shop Donates Thousands Of Covid-19 Face Shields A Monmouth County printer is adapting to slower business during the coronavirus by producing a much-needed commodity. Hatteras Press of Tinton Falls has manufactured more than 10,000 face shields for hospital workers. Bill Duerr's longtime family company usually produces marketing material, retail graphics and direct mail. But with the decline in those orders, Duerr shifted to meet a demand for nurses, doctors and other medical workers battling COVID-19 Manufactured in bulk, the face shields cost about $2-3 apiece to produce. To help offset the costs, Hatteras launched a GoFundMe page.&nbs…

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News
COVID-19: Middlesex County Opens Nation's 1st Drive-Thru Saliva Test COVID-19: Middlesex County Opens Nation's 1st Drive-Thru Saliva Test
Covid-19: Middlesex County Opens Nation's 1st Drive-Thru Saliva Test New rapid-response tests for coronavirus will be deployed this week in Middlesex County, the first of their kind in the United States, authorities said. Middlesex County in partnership with RUCDR Infinite Biologics, RWJBarnabas Health, and Accurate Diagnostic Labs, are on the forefront of innovation in the fight against COVID-19, offering for the first-time a saliva-based test to the community on a mass scale. The test was granted emergency-use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Saturday. The test will be available at the drive-thru testing facility at 33 Kilmer Road…

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Weather
TORNADO WATCH: Power Outages Across Central Jersey, High Winds, Wires Down Along Jersey Shore TORNADO WATCH: Power Outages Across Central Jersey, High Winds, Wires Down Along Jersey Shore
Tornado Watch: Power Outages Across Central Jersey, High Winds, Wires Down Along Jersey Shore The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for most of New Jersey on Monday through 6 p.m. High winds toppled trees and utility poles, damaging homes and vehicles and closing some roadways in Central Jersey. Among the damage: More than 2,100 electric customers in South Brunswick were reported without power; In East Brunswick, high winds knocked wires down closing Route 18 in both directions near Highland Street; About half the residents of South River reported power outages due to multiple utility poles and transformers knocked out of service; Multiple traffic lights were out of …

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Police & Fire
Holmdel PD: Drunk Driver Assaults Gas Station Attendant Holmdel PD: Drunk Driver Assaults Gas Station Attendant
Holmdel PD: Drunk Driver Assaults Gas Station Attendant A Camden County man was arrested on DWI charges after repeatedly punching a gas station employee in the face, authorities said. Police were called to B&G Gulf on Bethany Road in Holmdel on a report of an aggressive and disorderly customer, Holmdel police said on their Facebook page.  David Ringgold of Pennsauken was refused gas at 3:24pm on Saturday because of his disruptive behavior, the Facebook post said.  The customer assaulted the B&G attendant and fled the scene, police wrote.  He was stopped by police a few blocks from the gas station. The attendant was treate…

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Neighbors
ALL ALONE? Toms River Police Gather Artwork, Letters For Sheltered Residents ALL ALONE? Toms River Police Gather Artwork, Letters For Sheltered Residents
ALL Alone? Toms River Police Gather Artwork, Letters For Sheltered Residents Do you know anyone who's isolated or feeling lonely while staying at home during the coronavirus outbreak? The Toms River Police Department encourages Ocean County residents to band together and reach out to neighbors with artwork and letters.  Between now and April 15, in a partnership with the Toms River Senior Center and Ocean County Board of Social Services, the Toms River PD is collecting art and correspondence at this email address: media@tepolice.org Police plan to print the letters and artwork and attach them to care packages.  "We have seen so much kindness and generosi…

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Obituaries
Middlesex County Dad, Veteran Correction Officer, 44, Dies Of Coronavirus Middlesex County Dad, Veteran Correction Officer, 44, Dies Of Coronavirus
Middlesex County Dad, Veteran Correction Officer, 44, Dies Of Coronavirus A 19-year-veteran of the New Jersey Department of Corrections and father of three has died from complications due to the coronavirus, making him at least the second prison worker to die of the disease, state prison officials said. Nelson Perdomo, 44, of Middlesex County, was admitted to Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge Township last month with a high fever and placed on a ventilator. “He lost his battle with this terrible virus,” the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association said in a Facebook post on Friday. More than $21,000 was raised on a GoFundMe page for Perdomo's f…

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News
VIDEO: Ocean County First Responders Thank Community Medical Center Staff VIDEO: Ocean County First Responders Thank Community Medical Center Staff
Video: Ocean County First Responders Thank Community Medical Center Staff Firefighters and EMS crews from Toms River and nearby communities turned out Thursday to thank health-care workers for their coronavirus response during a shift change. Members of the Toms River Fire Department No. 1 were captured on video raising the American Flag at Community Medical Center with help from their hook and ladder engine. 

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Weather
Severe Storms Close Roads, Knock Down Trees, Wires In Central Jersey Severe Storms Close Roads, Knock Down Trees, Wires In Central Jersey
Severe Storms Close Roads, Knock Down Trees, Wires In Central Jersey Firefighters, police and EMS crews responded to numerous storm-related calls on Thursday afternoon in Middlesex and Monmouth counties, authorities said.  High winds and heavy rain were blamed for the closure of Davidson's Mill Road in South Brunswick Township and live power lines down in Keyport, Millstone, Old Bridge Township, Woodbridge Township, Matawan as well as Edison and Middletown -- where there also were initial unconfirmed reports of trees falling on several homes.  There also was an initial unconfirmed report at 3 p.m. of a road closed by a damaged utility police in Eas…

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