Peter Dujardin
Peter Dujardin has been a reporter at the Daily Press for 20 years, and a reporter for 23 years.
He has mostly covered courts and criminal justice issues for the past nine years. That includes criminal and civil cases, focusing in large part on Hampton, Newport News, and federal courts.
He also does investigative projects on criminal justice, to include working to undo wrongful convictions, delving into questions about an undercover police sting, and other issues.
A senior reporter at the Daily Press, Peter previously covered business, transportation, ports and the Newport News shipyard. He also has spent time covering schools and was the paper's lead editorial writer for about a year.
He holds an undergraduate degree in political science from Providence College, and a Master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.
He was a two-year intern for the Providence Journal and also worked as a sports reporting intern for Scripps Howard News Service in Washington, D.C.
Recent Articles
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Man killed in crash after losing control of pickup truck in York County
A Newport News man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday night after losing control of his pickup truck on Route 17 in York County, the Virginia State Police said. Police said that Justin Neal Clark, 26, was driving his 2004 Chevrolet Colorado pickup eastbound on Victory Boulevard, near...
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SAT score averages vary widely in the region
Local schools like Jamestown High School had high scores while others, such as Heritage High School, didn't fare as well on the standardized tests.
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W-JCC and York outpace state, region in SAT
Students from Williamsburg-James City County, Poquoson and York County outpaced both the state and national averages on SAT test, the newly released numbers show. This year’s results show an improvement at the district’s three high schools – Jamestown, Warhill and Lafeyette - in critical reading,...
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Virginia Supreme Court: Dominion can't bypass James City zoning for new power line project
JAMES CITY — The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the State Corporation Commission was wrong in exempting the state's largest electricity provider from needing local approval for a crucial part of its proposed James River power line. The high court said a planned switching station in...
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Dominion Power, preservationists face off over proposed towers across James River
Dispute over transmission line to be heard by the Virginia Supreme Court on Tuesday
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Book centers on Yorktown terrorism plot
If you're looking for a last-minute Christmas gift, a book by a local attorney might be a good choice. Chad Green — a York County lawyer, licensed captain and commercial waterman — and co-author G. Tom Ward have written "The Crown & Cardinal," a book centered on a fictional terrorist plot to kill...
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U.S. government details York County man's attempt to sell secrets to Egypt
A federal magistrate judge on Wednesday denied bond for a York County man accused of attempting to steal and send to Egypt designs for the nation's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier. U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas Miller said there are no "conditions the court can fashion" to allow Mostafa...
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Man charged in Charlottesville abduction was investigated at CNU
Jesse L. Matthew Jr. attended CNU briefly in 2003, was the subject of a criminal complaint