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Drunk Driver Injures Spotsy Sheriff's Deputy In Head-On Crash, Investigators Say
Sheriff's deputies in Spotsylvania didn't have to go far to track down a suspect drunk driver, in fact, he came straight for them.
A midday call came into the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office on Friday, Dec. 1 regarding a possibly drunk driver who was in the area of Orange Plank Road near the Orange County Line, officials said on Wednesday.
A deputy responded to the area, near the intersection of West Catharpin Road and Dulin Lake, at which point the driver, Spotsylvania resident John Anthony Fields, 57, lost control of his SUV and struck the police cruiser head-on.
The deputy was take…
7-Year-Old, Mom Touched By Nurse During Spotsy Exam: Sheriff
A nurse practitioner from North Carolina working at a clinic in Virginia is facing charges for allegedly inappropriately touching a child, and 35-year-old woman in Spotsylvania over the past year, the sheriff's office announced on Tuesday.
Keith Allen Henry, 55, of Lewisburg, NC, has been charged for the alleged inappropriate touching of patients during consultations at a medical clinic in Spotsylvania.
In early November, detectives were alerted that a 7-year-old patient advised her mother that she had been touched, leading to the initial charges for Henry, who was arrested for aggravated s…
Stafford Family's Dazzling Christmas Display Pays Homage To Shuttered Season Staple (Photos)
No Christmas season from the 1980s through the 2000s was ever complete for the Silvrants family without a trip to Ho Ho Ho Land in Fredericksburg.
The Cranes Corner Road homeowner, an auto mechanic, hung thousands of Christmas lights, played music, and made dozens of his own moving, wooden cutouts (see video here).
And each year, people would turn out in droves to see the display.
"It was phenomenal, it was amazing," said Jackie Silvrants, of Stafford. "Those of us who grew up here love and remember it with great fondness."
In 2006, the Silvrants started a Christmas display of their …
