Virginia man indicted on charges stemming from 2019 shooting

By The Associated Press
May 22, 2020 | 5:17 PM

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — A Virginia grand jury has indicted a man on charges stemming from the shooting death of a teenager during a marijuana sale last year.

The Free Lance-Star of Fredericksburg says 23-year-old Foster Leon Brooks Jr. of Fredericksburg was indicted this week by a Spotsylvania County grand jury on charges that include manslaughter and second-degree felony murder.

According to police and court records, 19-year-old Noah Waters of Spotsylvania was shot and killed on Dec. 4. Authorities said Waters and another man went to an area to close a marijuana sale.

Instead, police said the would-be buyers instead tried to rob Brooks at gunpoint. Police said Brooks fired back and killed Waters.

Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities

By Virginia Mercury
August 22, 2026 | 8:37 PM

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.

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