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Peter Dujardin has been a reporter at the Daily Press for more than 20 years. He has mostly covered courts and criminal justice issues for the past 14 years. That includes policing issues, and criminal and civil cases in both state and federal courts.
A first-grade student shot and critically wounded a teacher during an altercation inside Richneck Elementary School in Newport News Friday afternoon, according to police and school officials. No students were injured.
Weight added during modifications limited the top speed of the party bus to 40 mph and the vehicle was “traveling well under the speed limit” when it was struck from behind by an oncoming tractor-trailer, according to court documents.
A jury deliberated for less than 40 minutes before acquitting Michael Robert Paparelli of voluntary manslaughter in the Nov. 24, 2017 fatal shooting of 34-year-old Corey David Hunter.
Michael Paparelli is charged with voluntary manslaughter in the Nov. 24, 2017 shooting death of 34-year-old Corey David Hunter. The defense made their case for acquittal at this week’s trial in Newport News Circuit Court.
Michael Paparelli, 47, is charged with voluntary manslaughter in the Nov. 24., 2017, slaying of Corey David Hunter outside a Denbigh home. The two had never met before the day of the killing.
Hampton Circuit Court Judge Christopher W. Hutton is stepping down after 27 years on the bench and a combined 47 years working in the courts as either a judge or prosecutor.