Forty-two-year-old Heidi Nelson was charged after taking the trip last winter with a former student from the Windham Regional Career Center, where Nelson was the school resource officer.
The student told police she didn't have a sexual relationship with Nelson, but Windham County Sheriff Keith Clark told investigators he didn't fully believe that.
Police say the girl told her mother she was going on the trip with a classmate, but that Nelson denied knowing anything about the trip when she was asked.
Nelson, who resigned her job with the Sheriff's Department after being charged, got a three-year deferred sentence Thursday on the unlawful restraint charge, meaning she's essentially on probation for that long.
If she adheres to restrictions and isn't charged with any other offenses, the conviction will be erased.
She got 45 to 60 days in jail -- all suspended -- on the disorderly conduct count, according to Windham County State's Attorney Tracy Kelly Shriver.
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