NEWPORT, VT — A former Vermont Department of Corrections nurse was arrested after an investigation into drugs being smuggled to an inmate at Northern State Correctional Facility.
Jessica Baker, 46, of Derby Line, was charged with transportation of a regulated drug into places of detention and dispensing a stimulant drug.
Vermont State Police were notified in late October that an inmate at the facility had been found in possession of a Schedule II regulated drug on Oct. 24.
The inmate was identified as KC Myers, 42, who is now housed at Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield.
Investigators determined that Baker, who was employed as a nurse at the facility, had provided the controlled substance to Myers.
Baker was suspended from her position on Oct. 24 and resigned on Oct. 27.
Baker was processed at the Derby Barracks on March 11 and released with a citation.
Myers was issued a citation on March 13 for possession of a stimulant drug.
