Category: Crime, Corrections, Law Enforcement
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Princess Anne and the Blob
by James C. Sherlock I posted earlier today about the cutoff of Princess Anne Health and Rehabilitation Center (Princess Anne) in Virginia Beach from Medicare and Medicaid participation. Federal and state officials had as evidence very recent smoking guns from a February 2025 complaint inspection and a June 2025 revisit by the VDH Office…
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One Down
by James C. Sherlock For the first time ever, a Virginia nursing home, Princess Anne Health and Rehabilitation Center (Princess Anne) in Virginia Beach, has been evicted from the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Before I get to it, I want to acknowledge and thank those who have been working to improve nursing facilities in…
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Richmond Justice: From Gun-Safety Class to Murder
An illegal alien plea bargains firearms and narcotics offenses down to therapy and a gun safety class — and goes on to commit murder. by Victoria Manning New documents obtained by Restoration News show four violent illegal alien criminals were charged with murder over just two years in Richmond, Virginia, while multiple others were charged…
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Hey, Virginia Beach, Check Your Begrudgery
by Kerry Dougherty There I was, tiptoeing back into the news on Sunday afternoon when I stumbled on an alarming WVEC 13 News Facebook post: “State Police Probe ‘Sensitive’ Situation in Virginia Beach, Urge Public To Avoid Bay Colony Area.” There I was, tiptoeing back into the news on Sunday afternoon when I stumbled on…
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Barbara Jean Monaco: Still Missing After 47 Years
by Kerry Dougherty This is a story I could write in my sleep. After all, I’ve penned some version of it almost every year since 1985. The first installment appeared in The Pilot on Sept. 1, 1985, after Pauline Monaco called the newspaper to ask us to write again about her daughter – Barbara Jean…
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Mother Of Dead Infant Pleads Guilty To Child Neglect
by Kerry Dougherty Norfolk’s Commonwealth Attorney Ramin Fatehi promised to talk to us about what appeared to be a lenient plea agreement in the case of a dead infant after the mother who’d been charged with murdering her 9-day-old daughter had her day in court. He kept his word. And Fatehi’s explanation for comparatively mild…
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Virginia Dems Woo the Felon Vote
With support from top Democrats Abigail Spanberger and Jay Jones. by Hayden Ludwig A proposed amendment to Virginia’s constitution would automatically grant voting rights to felons, part of a nationwide push by the Left to curry favor with—and earn votes from—ex-criminals. Under current Virginia law, criminals permanently lose their voting rights after a felony conviction…
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High School Abortion Coverup: Read the Tick-Tock.
School district learned of abortion scandal just last week? Teacher says she warned the school district seven times. by Asra Nomani There is an important story happening in Fairfax County, Va., about a school system’s social worker who allegedly arranged and financed an abortion by a 17-year-old girl without her legal guardian’s consent or knowledge.…
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Curbing Crime and Evicting Hobos Not the Actions of a Dictator
by Kerry Dougherty If you clapped like a trained seal when blue state governors closed churches, schools and beaches in 2020, I don’t want to hear a word from you about President Trump being a dictator as he exercises his legal authority to restore safety to the nation’s capital. If you happily wore a face…
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Crime, Bloodshed, Bedlam, Squalor in D.C.
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Now we know what qualifies as a serious crime for the Trump administration. On January 6, 2021, a violent mob attacked the United States Capitol. Several law enforcement officers were assaulted, some seriously injured. In January 2025, President Trump pardoned them all. On August 10, 2025, as reported by the Washington Post,…
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A Solution for Effective Nursing Home Oversight
Cutting the Gordian Knot by James C. Sherlock An overarching fact often overlooked is that the for-profit nursing home industry is the creation of Medicare and Medicaid. Few for-profit facilities and chains existed before the passage of those programs in 1965. Yet it is for-profit systems that overwhelmingly commit abuses. Government oversight has proven…
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Norfolk Baby Killer Gets 19 Years Max
by Kerry Dougherty Little Iijayah Johnson spent only nine days on earth. Her short sojourn was hell. Death, when it came, may have been a relief to her tiny battered body. According to news reports, when Iijayah’s parents brought her lifeless body to Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk on the 4th of…
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Make America Safe for Anti-ICE Doxxers!
by James A. Bacon Federal immigration agents would be forbidden from wearing masks when making arrests under a bill that Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine plan to introduce to Congress, reports Axios Richmond. The proposal represents in part a response to incidents in Chesterfield County and Charlottesville courthouses where plainclothes Immigration and Customs…
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An Alleged Wrongful Death in Colonial Heights Revisited
by James C. Sherlock I published in February 2025 a series of articles on a nursing home wrongful death scandal that was revealed when police swarmed Colonial Heights Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (Colonial Heights) in late December of 2024. The government has alleged in court that a woman, helpless with cerebral palsy and diabetes, died…
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Fairfax County Released 200 Illegal Alien Criminals Since February
Child sex predators, rapists, repeat offenders, and fugitives from justice are among those released to the streets despite ICE detainers. by Victoria Manning A FOIA request by Restoration News reveals that the sanctuary jurisdiction Fairfax County has released 205 illegal alien criminals onto the streets since February 2025. Only 7 arrested criminals were turned over to Immigration…