Former Windham Sheriff's captain pleads innocent to unlawful restraint charge
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Staff Report - Published: July 17, 2008
BRATTLEBORO -- Capt. Heidi Nelson, the former second in command of the Windham County Sheriff's Department, pleaded innocent Thursday to charges of unlawful restraint of a 17-year-old student of hers from Brattleboro Union High School.
Nelson, 42, appeared briefly in Brattleboro District Court before Judge John Wesley, who ordered Nelson not to have any contact with the student, who was not identified in court records.
According to court records, Nelson took the student with her to Florida in February, and later lied to the student's mother about the trip.
Windham County Sheriff Keith Clark, who called Nelson a personal friend, said that Nelson had resigned a month ago from the department.
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