Former NICU Nurse Faces New Charges

A former nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital has been indicted by a grand jury on two counts of malicious wounding and four counts of child abuse.

The 26-year-old nurse, Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman, was already facing two charges of malicious wounding and felony child abuse, bringing the total to eight charges. All the injuries in those cases occurred last year.

More charges may be filed. Authorities are investigating injuries sustained by seven infants during Strotman’s employment at the hospital: three cases in 2024 and four in 2023. 

Strotman remains free on bond as the legal proceedings continue. She is scheduled to appear in court on March 20.

More School Bus Cams Arriving

Virginia law imposes a $250 fine for drivers who pass a school bus when it is loading or unloading children. Now, many buses across the Commonwealth are being equipped with cameras to capture images of cars that don’t stop.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools recently installed cameras on the stop arms of 150 school buses. They say the cameras will snap photos of violators and pass them on to local police.

Fairfax County is installing 50 such cameras and will begin handing out fines to violators after a brief grace period. “The goal is to change driver behavior and prevent the dangerous act of passing a stopped school bus with its red lights flashing while children are loading or unloading,” said Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay.

Other counties and cities have already implemented the system, and some drivers have complained that the technology has been misused.

Watch Out for Wildfires

The National Weather Service warned residents in Southwest and Central Virginia to be aware of an elevated risk of wildfires for the rest of the week.

Dry spring weather in recent days and breezy conditions in the forecast could cause a blaze to quickly get out of control.

State law “bans open-air burning prior to 4 p.m. if the fire is within 300 feet of the woods or dry grass which could carry fire to the woods” to help prevent wildfires.

In Southwest Virginia, the NWS forecast said that “elevated fire weather concerns are expected Wednesday due to low afternoon relative humidity and slightly breezy winds, with strong winds expected across the mountains late Friday through Saturday night.”

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➤ Hampton Roads: Sheriffs across the region have said they are not sure how to comply with Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s recent executive order requiring state law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration officials. The governor’s public safety team plans to meet with state sheriffs this week. (Details)

➤ Washington, D.C.: Commonwealth drivers owe more than $230 million in unpaid tickets to the District of Columbia. These fines stem from 1.1 million citations, many issued by AI cameras, racked up from October 2022 through December 2024. (More)

➤ Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: The FBI has joined the search for Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old student from Loudoun County who went missing from a beach in the D.R. last week. Authorities fear she may have been swept out to sea by a wave. (Details)

➤ Virginia Beach: The price of eggs is high, but so is the cost of raising chickens in your backyard. Marie McCoy progressed from teaching biology to tending a flock of more than 100 birds. (Her Story)

➤ Richmond: Newsweek has ranked the Science Museum of Virginia as the No. 3 STEM-focused institution in the country, ahead of hundreds of other museums. “We get to see the positive impact of our work every day,” said the museum’s Rich Conti. (Details)

➤ Statewide: Sky watchers may stay up late on Thursday to witness a total lunar eclipse, known as the “blood worm moon,” which should be visible across the state. (How to Watch)

➤ UVA earned the No. 9 seed in the ACC men’s basketball tournament and tips off today. Virginia Tech, seeded No. 10, fell in double OT to Cal last night, 82-73. (Details)

➤ Richmond opens play today as the No. 13 seed in the Atlantic 10 Conference men’s basketball tournament. (Bracket)

➤ Norfolk State’s men’s and women’s basketball teams open play in the MEAC Tournament today. Both squads earned the top seed. (Brackets)

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➤ Armed Forces Brewing Company, which said it is moving out of Norfolk, could face legal action over allegations it hasn’t paid some of its suppliers. (Details)

➤ Argan, Inc., a company that builds facilities for the power industry, announced it has moved its headquarters from Rockville, Maryland, to Arlington. (More)

➤ Dr. Jenna Rolfs, the dean of the University of Lynchburg School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was named by Virginia Business as one of its Forty Under 40 professionals who give back to the community. An awards ceremony is scheduled for May 12. (Details)

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➤ The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources has fired up its Richmond Falcon Cam for 2025. The camera streams live footage of peregrine falcons nesting in downtown Richmond. (Details)

➤ Anna Drew, a science teacher at Shawsville Middle School in Montgomery County, won a Milken Educator Award. The honor comes with a $25,000 cash prize. (More)

➤ The Northern Virginia Science Center, the third such state-supported facility in the Commonwealth, has broken ground in Loudoun Country and is expected to open by 2027. (Details)

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