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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.

The clerk at a Newport News 7-Eleven who accidentally shot himself during an altercation outside his store on June 12 is now facing three gun charges.

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7-Eleven clerk faces charges after accidentally shooting himself during fight at store

June 26, 2024 at 4:42 p.m.

The clerk at a Newport News 7-Eleven who accidentally shot himself during an altercation outside his store on June 12 is now facing three gun charges.

The accident and investigation caused major traffic issues in the area, according to a social media post Saturday morning from the Gloucester Sheriff's Office.

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Charges pending in fatal Coleman Bridge accident that pinned man between pickup and trailer

June 25, 2024 at 1:40 p.m.

The accident and investigation caused major traffic issues in the area, according to a social media post Saturday morning from the Gloucester Sheriff's Office.

Police said a ShotSpotter activation was the police department's only alert to a shooting in which multiple rounds were fired. "We don’t have a record of any 911 calls from that location at this time," Newport News police spokeswoman Lauryn Moss said.

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Gunshot detection technology was only alert to shots that killed man, Newport News police say

June 24, 2024 at 6:18 p.m.

Police said a ShotSpotter activation was the police department's only alert to a shooting in which multiple rounds were fired. "We don’t have a record of any 911 calls from...

The female hip-hop artist was taken into custody Tuesday, according to the U.S. Marshals Service, and is charged with first-degree murder and related charges in the August 2023 shooting that left a 10-year-old Franklin boy dead and a 37-year-old man wounded.

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Rap artist arrested in August killing of 10-year-old Franklin boy

June 20, 2024 at 6:15 p.m.

The female hip-hop artist was taken into custody Tuesday, according to the U.S. Marshals Service, and is charged with first-degree murder and related charges in the August 2023 shooting that...

Cory Bigsby was sentenced Tuesday to 45 years in prison for the murder of his son, Codi.

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Cory Bigsby sentenced to 45 years in the death of 3-year-old son

June 20, 2024 at 12:03 p.m.

Cory Bigsby was sentenced Tuesday to 45 years in prison for the murder of his son, Codi.

Several residents called 911 saying a woman identified as Monae Bonapart was shooting her gun at the Stuart Gardens complex off 16th Street, Police Chief Steve Drew said.

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Woman shattered windows, fired gun before Newport News police officer shot and killed her

June 20, 2024 at 12:01 p.m.

Several residents called 911 saying a woman identified as Monae Bonapart was shooting her gun at the Stuart Gardens complex off 16th Street, Police Chief Steve Drew said.

The FBI has told two more families that Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. is the primary suspect in another Colonial Parkway case — a presumed double slaying that Wilmer was suspected of some 36 years ago.

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FBI suspects Northern Neck man in second Colonial Parkway murder case, families told

June 18, 2024 at 5:24 p.m.

The FBI has told two more families that Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. is the primary suspect in another Colonial Parkway case — a presumed double slaying that Wilmer was suspected...

A store clerk was injured in an accidental shooting outside a 7-Eleven in midtown Newport News, according to police.

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Store clerk wounded in accidental shooting outside Newport News 7-Eleven, police say

June 14, 2024 at 12:04 p.m.

A store clerk was injured in an accidental shooting outside a 7-Eleven in midtown Newport News, according to police.

State Police are investigating the case of a 34-year-old man who died less than six days after clashing with jail deputies who were attempting to book him into the Virginia Beach City Jail last week.

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Man resisted being booked into the Virginia Beach city jail; now he’s dead

June 11, 2024 at 3:45 p.m.

State Police are investigating the case of a 34-year-old man who died less than six days after clashing with jail deputies who were attempting to book him into the Virginia...

The Peninsula Irons — firefighters from Poquoson and other local departments — are playing a traveling police hockey team called Patriots Law Enforcement on Saturday afternoon in York County.

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A Poquoson woman is battling brain cancer. Firefighters and police are organizing a hockey game to raise funds.

June 7, 2024 at 4:23 p.m.

The Peninsula Irons — firefighters from Poquoson and other local departments — are playing a traveling police hockey team called Patriots Law Enforcement on Saturday afternoon in York County.

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