CASPER — A 50-year-old woman accused to tying a patient’s head to a bed at a local nursing care facility made her first court appearance Wednesday, and was released on a personal recognizance bond.

Julie Ann Cross appeared in the courtroom before Casper Circuit Court Judge Nichole Collier after responding to a summons on charges of abuse and imprisonment.

Collier read her the charges she faces, which include intentional abuse, neglect or abandonment of a vulnerable adult and false imprisonment. Collier asked if Cross had any questions about the charges.

“No, ma’am,” she replied.

The charges Cross faces followed a Casper Police Department investigation that began July 14 after police were called to the NOWCAP Services facility in the 300 block of North Walsh Avenue by a director at th

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