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Multi-Car Accident on Route 7 at Dranesville Road
Deputies responded to the area of Route 7 eastbound just west of Dranesville Road for a reported auto fire that was a result of a traffic crash. The chain reaction crash began with a minor two-car fender bender that had occurred near the Fairfax County line. The drivers of those vehicles stopped in the left lane roadway. As further eastbound traffic converged on the intersection, vehicles began slowing for the stopped cars in the left lane. A 2003 Ford Expedition driven by Kenneth Paulovkin, ...

Death in Winchester Medical Center Parking Garage
On Thursday March 4 at approximately 1045 a.m. Winchester Police were called to Winchester Medical Center to assist Winchester Fire and Rescue with an unconscious male who was lying on the ground near the west side of a parking garage located near Medical building II. The male was bleeding and suffering from injuries stemming from an apparent fall. The victim, identified as Derek Bruce Roy, 59, of Sterling, Virginia, was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel. Criminal Investigation Division detectives responded to the scene and are in the process ...

Alexandria Man Killed in Car Crash on South Kings Highway
Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash that killed a 47-year-old man. Around 10:40 p.m. on Thursday, March 4, Umar Adam was operating a 2008 Honda Civic southbound on South Kings Highway. Near the intersection with Southgate Drive he veered off the road to the right and struck a brick wall. Adam, of 2651 Arlington Drive # 103 in Alexandria, was transported to the hospital and succumbed to his injuries a short time later. Speed and alcohol do not appear to be factors in the crash. There were no signs of braking ...

Avoid Ear Candle False Treatments
A lit “candle” that can drip hot wax into your ear, usually as you lie on your side. Sound dangerous? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) thinks so, and is warning consumers to steer clear of products being sold as ear candles. These “candles”—hollow cones that are about 10 inches long and made from a fabric tube soaked in beeswax, paraffin, or a mixture of the two—are being marketed as treatments for a variety of conditions. These conditions include ear wax buildup, The illustration above, from the side of an ear candles package, ...

Inova Breast Care Institute Named an Accredited Breast Care Center
The Inova Breast Care Institute at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital recently earned a three-year accreditation in breast care from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), part of the American College of Surgeons, which sets the standard for how breast cancer patients receive care. “Inova Mount Vernon Hospital continues to deliver excellence in quality breast care and this recognition acknowledges our commitment,” said Barbara Doyle, CEO, Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. “Each day our physicians and staff assist patients in need of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.” The Inova Breast Care Institute ...

Sterling Doctor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy Involving Swiss Bank Account
Dr. Andrew Silva of Sterling, Va., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to impede the United States and to making a false statement, the Justice Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Sentencing has been set for May 7, 2010, before U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady. The defendant remains free on a $50,000 bail pending sentencing. He faces a maximum sentence of ten years in prison and a maximum fine of $500,000. According to court documents, in 1997, Silva inherited ...

Gas Station Robbery in the Springfield Area
A 24-year-old man was robbed while working on Saturday, February 13. Around 7:45 p.m., a man entered the convenience store of the Shell Gas Station, located at 5533 Backlick Road. He walked around the counter, brandished a handgun at the employee and demanded money. The suspect took an undisclosed amount of cash and fled out the front door. The victim did not require medical treatment.The suspect was described as black, 20 to 30 years old. He was between 5 feet 8 inches and 6 feet tall and weighed 250 to ...

Virginia Senators Announce $24M For Health IT Projects
On February 12th, 2010 U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Jim Webb announced $24 million in federal stimulus funding for two projects that will “jump-start” Virginia’s transition to expanded use of healthcare information technology (HIT) and electronic health records (EHR). These grants will help Virginia medical professionals as they work to implement and use HIT to lower consumer health care costs, minimize redundant paperwork and reduce medical errors. Read full story via  $24M For Health IT Projects – Clarke Daily News – Berryville Va.

Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children Medical Team Traveling to Haiti on Relief Mission
In response to Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti, a medical team from Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children is traveling to the island nation to offer emergency triage care. As part of a coordinated relief effort with the non-profit Community Coalition for Haiti (CCH), the hospital’s medical response team will depart for Haiti as soon as the airport in Port-au-Prince is ready and the team has received clearance to travel (most likely sometime this weekend). “This devastating event has left millions of Haitians without basic necessities like food, water and medical care,” said ...

Inova Health System Offering H1N1 Shots to Public | Inova Newsroom
Inova Health System is offering 2009 novel H1N1 vaccinations as well as seasonal influenza vaccinations to children and adults at its hospital-based clinics through the end of the month. The H1N1 vaccine is the most effective way of preventing the spread of the H1N1 virus. Persons at high risk for serious complications from H1N1 and seasonal influenza include: Children and young adults six months to 24 years of age Adults 50 and over Adults and children who have medical conditions that lower the body’s immune system, such as diabetes, heart disease, asthma and HIV, ...

Triple Fatality Auto Accident on I-95 South Bound in Stafford
On Monday, August 27, 2010 at 6:18 a.m., Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to an auto accident at the 141.6 mile marker on South Bound I-95. First arriving units reported a two-vehicle accident; one vehicle was overturned down an embankment with the occupants trapped inside. Crews stabilized the overturned vehicle and confirmed three occupants were trapped inside. Unfortunately, all of the trapped occupants succumbed to their injuries. Units evaluated four other patients’ from the second vehicle who denied injury. ...

Metro installs new cameras on Metrobus fleet
Metro has begun to install new cameras on its fleet of 1,500 buses to assist with improving Metrobus safety by documenting incidents and assisting operators to develop safer, more efficient driving habits. As part of a five-year contract, DriveCam will install cameras on all operational Metrobuses; review and analyze video footage; and provide feedback on operator driving habits. Metro currently has security cameras on many of its buses that are primarily used to document customer-related incidents. DriveCam’s main focus is to help the ...

Serious Accident Snarls Route 29 Near Warrenton
A multi-vehicle accident near the entrance to Lord Fairfax Community College and the intersection with Route 15/29 business closed both southbound lanes and one northbound lane at about 3:30 Wednesday afternoon. Southbound traffic is being detoured onto Route 643 (Meetze Road) to Route 28 and back to Route 29 near Remington. Traffic traveling south on Route 29 to Route 17 at Opal will be able to turn onto Route 17 at the Route 28 intersection in Bealeton. Personl Injury Lawyer Northern Va . If you have been injured ...

Results of Air, Land & Speed on I-64 & I-66
Were you driving along Interstate 64 or Intestate 66 this weekend? If so, then you probably noticed Operation Air, Land & Speed in effect. The weekend safety campaign has been part of the Virginia State Police traffic safety initiative since 2006. The enforcement effort began Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 through Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010 with an increase in troopers and resulted in 4,016 traffic violations for both interstates. Troopers and supervisors stopped a total of 2,157 speeders, 394 reckless drivers and nine drunk drivers. In addition, 152 safety seat belt violations ...

Traffic Enforcement Focuses on “Back to School” on I-64 & I-66
With hundreds of new and returning college students taking to Virginia’s highways this weekend, Virginia State Police will be increasing patrols along Interstate 64 and Interstate 66 to ensure traffic moves safely. The two-day initiative is part of state police’s continuing traffic-safety program called Operation Air, Land and Speed. “This weekend was specifically selected for an enforcement operation because of the significant increase in traffic associated with students heading off to college in and out of state,” said Colonel W. Steven Flaherty, Virginia State Police Superintendent. “Hopefully parents will have one ...

Police Reveal Additional Details in Goochland Murder
Virginia State Police are still searching for a killer in the 2003 death of a Goochland County realtor. Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, marks the seventh anniversary of the murder of Joan W. Weigelhofer and investigators hope the release of additional information in the case will help generate new leads from the public. Ms. Weigelhofer On Aug. 14, 2003, Ms. Weigelhofer, 59, was found shot to death in her Goochland County real estate office, Busy Bee Realty Company, located at 4119 Broad Street. Her coworkers last saw her alive at approximately 3 p.m. ...

Former Thomas Jefferson High School Employee Sentenced to 15 Months for Stealing $279,000
(Alexandria, Va) – Susan Thanh Litwin, 37, of Woodbridge, Va., was sentenced today to 15 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for stealing more than $279,000 from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHS), a Fairfax County magnet school. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Shawn Henry, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office; and Colonel David Rohrer, Fairfax County ...

District of Columbia Activates First Bicycle Traffic Signals
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is making safety improvements at the intersection of 16th Street, U Street and New Hampshire Avenue, NW that includes installing the first traffic signals for cyclists in the District. DDOT has also installing contraflow bike lanes on New Hampshire Avenue and “bike boxes” for cyclists on 16th Street as part of this experimental project approved by the Federal Highway Administration. “We know that this is already a very popular route for many cyclists, but it can be treacherous getting through the intersection,” Said DDOT Director ...

DC-Area Card-Skimming Ring Leader Indicted
A federal grand jury today indicted Gabriel Camara, 36, of Washington D.C., of one count of conspiring to commit bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft for his role in leading a card-skimming scheme that targeted customers of restaurants in the Washington, D.C.-metro area. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Jeffrey Irvine, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service, made the announcement. If convicted, Camara faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison for conspiracy and two ...

MS-13 Member Sentenced to 40 Years for Murdering Pimp in July 2009
Adolfo Amaya Portillo, 27, of Alexandria, Va., was sentenced today to 480 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in the murder of a pimp while robbing the pimp and a prostitute in Alexandria on July 29, 2009. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Shawn Henry, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office; and Earl L. Cook, Alexandria Chief of Police, made the announcement ...