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Former Deputy Charged With Taking Student To Fla. Enters Plea
Student From Brattleboro Union High School Vocational Center
Forty-two-year-old Heidi Nelson was charged after taking the trip last winter with a former student from Brattleboro Union High School's vocational center, where Nelson taught and coached the girl's softball team.
The girl 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 said 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 from her job with the Windham County Sheriff's Department after being charged, got a three-year deferred sentence on the unlawful restraint charge last week, 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.Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed