A still image from video of the suspect in a sexual assault in Fredericksburg Feb. 19. (Courtesy Fredericksburg Police Department) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — The police need help identifying a man they say sexually assaulted a woman at a popular bar. The Fredericksburg police say the man walked into the Capital Ale House, on Caroline Street at around 1 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19, approached a group of friends and started chatting with them. After a brief conversation, police say, he followed one of the women into the restroom and sexually assaulted her, then left the restaurant through the back door. The suspect told the group that he was from the Miami area and that he was doing contract work for a nearby military base. He’s described as a 28- to 30-year-old white man who stands 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs about 150 pounds, has brown hair and speaks with what police called a “Cuban” accent. The police continue to investigate and ask anyone with information to call them at 540-373-3122.
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Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities
Stories of neglect in care or unsanitary living situations have plagued several of Virginia’s nursing home facilities in recent years and data backs up a lapse in oversight by state agencies.
With reform efforts underway, the Virginia Department of Health officials said they aim to adopt sanction criteria by the end of the year to rein in bad actors and get troubled facilities back on track.
As of July, 58% of Virginia’s nursing homes were overdue for inspections and 68 of Virginia’s 289 nursing homes were found to have serious deficiencies, according to ProPublica. Several of the state’s flagged facilities with numerous deficiencies also had high staffing turnover rates.
The issue has been salient among various healthcare spaces, including VDH.
