Peter Dujardin

Peter Dujardin has been a reporter at the Daily Press for more than 20 years. He has mostly covered courts and criminal justice issues. That includes policing issues, and criminal and civil cases in both state and federal courts.

This is Room 11 at Richneck Elementary School, where Abby Zwerner was shot by a 6-year-old student on Jan. 6, 2023. The gun is at left, under the table, while the boy’s checkered bookbag is near the desk to the right of the window. (Newport News Circuit Court, trial exhibit)

Unsealed police video shows 6-year-old student after shooting Virginia school teacher

October 8, 2026 at 5:16 p.m.

Newport News police body camera footage shows the boy cursing at a school staffer and officers as they entered a classroom adorned with the alphabet and colorful decorations.

El jefe de policía de Newport News, Steve Drew, habla con los medios de comunicación la tarde del martes 11 de mayo de 2021.

¿Merece un supuesto homicida-suicida entierro con honores de la Marina?

June 8, 2021 at 3:07 p.m.

Courtney Renee Dwyer, de 28 años y madre de tres hijos, fue encontrada muerta a tiros el 23 de marzo en el asiento trasero de un coche en Newport News....

Prison guards stand outside the entrance to the Greensville Correctional Center, where executions are carried out, in Jarratt, Va.

Since 1608, Virginia has executed more people than any other state. It may now abolish the death penalty.

February 2, 2021 at 10:31 a.m.

The first recorded public execution in Virginia took place at Jamestown in 1608 — with another 1,389 people put to death in the Old Dominion since that time. But after...

Law enforcement worries over beefed-up phone encryption

August 8, 2019 at 9:01 a.m.

NEWPORT NEWS — The FBI and local law enforcement agencies are concerned about new changes to cellphones they say could hamper their ability to obtain crucial information during criminal investigations....

STORY: One dead, one missing after sailboat capsizes on James River

July 31, 2019 at 9:11 a.m.

One man is dead and another is missing after a boating accident on the James River early Friday that sent 10 people into the water. The boaters -- six men...

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