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FAIRFAX COUNTY
Woman Arrested in Scalding of Boy at Day-Care Center
A Fairfax County woman was arrested Friday after she allegedly scalded a 17-month-old boy with hot water while operating an unlicensed day-care center in her Springfield area home.
Police obtained a warrant charging Dixie Y. Cabrera-Ordonez, 34, with felony child abuse or neglect. On Wednesday afternoon, Cabrera-Ordonez was bathing the boy when she allegedly left him unattended and he was burned. Lucy Caldwell, a Fairfax police spokeswoman, said the boy was flown to Children's National Medical Center in the District with second-degree burns on his feet.
Police said Cabrera-Ordonez was watching about 10 children, all preschool age or younger, at her home in the 5700 block of Backlick Road.
-- Tom Jackman
11TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Hunt Withdraws From Republican Race for Davis's Seat
Steve Hunt, a former member of the Fairfax County School Board, has decided to withdraw his name from consideration for the Republican nomination in the 11th Congressional District race in Northern Virginia.
That leaves Keith Fimian, an Oakton business owner favored by Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.), who will retire from the seat at the end of this term.
Although the seat is held by a Republican, the 11th District has increasingly leaned Democratic in recent elections. In a message to Republicans, Hunt said he did not want to hurt the GOP's chances in November.
