A former nurse who worked at the Meadows at East Mountain is facing up to two years in prison after law-enforcement said she took a card of painkillers intended for a patient and used them herself because of a drug addiction.
Melissa Haynes, 40, of Poultney, pleaded not guilty on Monday in Rutland criminal court to a felony charge of obtaining a regulated drug by fraud.
Haynes was released without bail and ordered not to have any regulated drugs without a valid prescription.
The charges against Haynes were based on an affidavit written by Detective Michael Warren, of the Secretary of Stateâs Office of Professional Regulation.