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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.

Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller. (AP Photo)

World War II hero’s family objects to talk of Navy stripping his name from aircraft carrier

August 31, 2026 at 12:21 p.m.

It "wouldn't be fair to the country, and it wouldn't be fair to him."

Ebony Parker reacts after her trial on felony child neglect charges was dismissed by Newport News Circuit Court Judge Rebecca M. Robinson, not pictured, at Newport News Circuit Court in Newport News, Va., May 21, 2026. (Peter Casey / The Virginian-Pilot)

Judge dismisses all charges against former assistant principal after student shot teacher

May 21, 2026 at 1:54 p.m.

Judge granted a motion to dismiss the criminal case against Ebony Parker.

A car drove down and off the Virginia Beach Fishing Pier at the Oceanfront on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, morning. (Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot)

Vehicle drives off Virginia Beach Fishing Pier; recovery efforts underway

February 15, 2024 at 1:51 p.m.

A vehicle crashed through the end of the Virginia Beach Fishing Pier on Saturday morning.

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