Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, August 12, 1994 TAG: 9408120106
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
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FAIRFAX - A young Dutch woman charged with shaking a 2-month-old baby so hard he died apparently had no experience with very young infants when she came to live with a suburban couple.
The 19-year-old woman charged with involuntary manslaughter listed no formal training in child care or experience with children so young in her application to become a live-in nanny.
Anna-Corina Peeze is scheduled to appear in Loudoun County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, where her lawyer will ask a judge to reduce a $50,000 bond and release her pending a trial.
Peeze, from Amsterdam, will not enter a plea, Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney James Forsyth said.
Peeze denies harming the child, said her attorney, Rodney G. Leffler. She could be imprisoned as long as 10 years if convicted.
The shaking severely damaged Brenton's brain, which was swollen and unresponsive when the child arrived at the hospital.
- Associated Press
Female officers sue Fairfax police
FAIRFAX - Three female police officers and a civilian employee have sued the Fairfax County Police Department, claiming a male lieutenant sexually harassed them over the past 12 years.
The women charged that Lt. Larry Jackson repeatedly made unwanted suggestive remarks and overtures. Two of the women said Jackson retaliated after they complained about his behavior to his superiors by filing petty or phony disciplinary charges against them.
Meanwhile, an attorney for Jackson said the allegations are false and stem from a racially hostile work environment. Jackson, who is black, filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint against Fairfax County alleging racial discrimination seven months ago.
The lawsuit rekindles a controversy surrounding the treatment of women in the 1,036-member department.
Two years ago, 10 female officers complained to the EEOC about a ``locker room attitude'' in the department and said they had been denied promotions and key assignments because of their sex.
- Associated Press
Ex-beauty queen faces trial Oct. 11
LEWISBURG, W.Va. - A former Virginia beauty queen accused of plotting to kill a Lewisburg family faces trial Oct. 11.
Tracy Lippard, 23, of Newport News, Va., sat quietly during a pretrial conference Wednesday in Greenbrier County Circuit Court.
Lippard was indicted in April on three counts of attempted murder, one count of malicious wounding, three counts of carrying a concealed weapon, two counts of bringing stolen property into the state and one count each of improper use of registration plates and brandishing a weapon.
The charges stem from a Feb. 27 attack. Police said Lippard planned to kill Rodney Weikle; his wife, Carlynn; and their daughter, Melissa.
Authorities said Lippard and Melissa Weikle both dated Todd Scott of High Point, N.C., and Lippard was jealous because Weikle became pregnant by Scott.
She remains free on $42,000 bond. If convicted on all counts, she could be sentenced to about 30 years.
- Associated Press
Titanic artifacts brought to court
NORFOLK - A lead crystal dish that was among 785 artifacts recovered during the latest salvage of the sunken British luxury liner Titanic was brought to federal court this week.
George Tulloch, chairman of the group leading the expedition, showed the object Wednesday to U.S. District Judge J. Calvitt Clarke Jr. to maintain his group's exclusive claim to the most famous shipwreck in the North Atlantic.
The artifact features a shell pattern and the logo of White Star Line, the owner of the ill-fated vessel. The wreck, discovered in 1985 about 2 1/2 miles below the surface, lies about 400 miles south of Newfoundland.
Other artifacts recovered with the dish were sent to a laboratory in France for preservation. The latest expedition, the third salvage of the Titanic, lasted 29 days, ending Aug. 5.
- Associated Press
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