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Officials say Windham County's ,Vermont's top sheriff's deputy is under suspension while the state police investigate charges she had an improper relationship with a 17-year-old Brattleboro Union High School student.
Sheriff Capt. Heidi Nelson taught law enforcement classes at the high school and served as the school's resource officer. She was suspended on Friday with pay. Windham County Sheriff Keith Clark says he's doing everything he can to protect everyone involved while the case is investigated.
Officials wouldn't describe the nature of the relationship Nelson is alleged to have had.
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A former Captain of the Windham County Sheriff's Department was arraigned Thursday in connection with an inappropriate relationship she allegedly had with a high school student.
Heidi Nelson pleaded not guilty to unlawful restraint. Investigators say she took a 17-year-old girl to Florida without the permission of the teen's parents. Nelson met the girl while teaching a law enforcement class at the Windham Regional Career Center in Brattleboro.
Nelson resigned from the department. She had been the highest ranking deputy with the Windham County Sheriff's Department and was second in command at the time of her resignation.
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A former sheriff's captain in Windham County, VT admitted she had a relationship with one of her students.
Heidi Nelson pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct. She will not go to jail. Nelson's case was referred to court diversion.
Investigators say she took a 17-year-old girl to Florida without the permission of the teen's parents. Nelson met the girl while teaching a law enforcement class at the Windham Regional Career Center in Brattleboro. She was also her softball coach at the high school.
Nelson resigned from the sheriff's department in June.
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A former captain with the Windham County, Vermont Sheriff's Department is facing jail time after she allegedly violated her probation. As part of a plea deal, 43-year-old Heidi Nelson avoided spending five years in prison for taking a 17-year-old girl to Florida without the permission of the girl's parents. The deal required her not to have contact with the student for three years.
But earlier this month, Nelson was allegedly caught at a gas station with the girl in the middle of the night.
Her probation officer is recommending she go to prison.
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