
Melissa Hipolit
Investigative Reporter at WTVR-TV (Richmond, VA)
Investigative Reporter WTVR, Newhouse alum, mom to 3 boys, and wife
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wtvr.com | Melissa Hipolit |Tyler N. Layne
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2 months ago |
wtvr.com | Melissa Hipolit |Simon Kaufman |Maggi Marshall |Mike Bergazzi
Someone should have spotted the alarming number of near misses in the skies over the nation's capital before the fatal midair collision that killed 67 people in January, and reviewing the data now could prevent future crashes, according to the head of the agency investigating the crash.
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Jan 22, 2025 |
wtvr.com | Brendan King |Melissa Hipolit
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Former NICU nurse Erin Strotman will remain in jail as the court waits for the findings of a mental health evaluation, Henrico County Circuit Court Judge Richard S. Wallerstein Jr. decided Wednesday morning. Strotman appeared in person for the 50-minute bond appeal hearing after a Henrico judge denied her release last week citing safety concerns.
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Jan 10, 2025 |
wtvr.com | Melissa Hipolit |Mike Bergazzi
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Surveillance video shows a nurse abusing a premature baby in the neonatal intensive care unit of a West End hospital, according to a criminal complaint obtained by CBS 6. The document, which was filed in Henrico Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court by an HPD detective, details a video recorded in the Henrico Doctors’ Hospital NICU on Nov. 10, 2024. According to the complaint, Erin Strotman can be seen taking a 5-month-old baby boy’s legs and applying pressure to them.
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Jan 9, 2025 |
wtvr.com | Melissa Hipolit |Mike Bergazzi
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — The Henrico County hospital at the center of a scandal involving the alleged abuse of vulnerable babies failed to report suspicion of the abuse within a timely manner, according to state and federal health officials. Via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, CBS 6 obtained a report detailing the findings of an unannounced visit to Henrico Doctors’ Hospital conducted by two Virginia Department of Health inspectors back in September 2023.
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“We thought it was one of the best in the area, if not the state, and thought there was no safer place for our baby and my wife,” Matthew Whitfield, whose baby was in the NICU at Henrico Doctors' Hospital in late 2024, said. https://t.co/X4eS4R8O1t

Epic choke by Duke. They looked lost. Zero fight in their eyes.

Spanberger asks the @SocialSecurity Commissioner to send her the current backlog of cases in VA, an estimated timeline of when new policies would result in improved outcomes, and what further support SSA needs to solve problems. @CBS6 @RepSpanberger https://t.co/b6ZIJCEoIu