A 50-year-old woman employed at a nursing home in Wyoming is accused of abusing one of her patients, allegedly using a silk scarf to tie a patient's head to her bed to prevent the victim from moving.

Julie Ann Cross is currently facing one count of felony intentional abuse, neglect or abandonment of a vulnerable adult and one count of misdemeanor false imprisonment.

Cross appeared in Natrona County District Court on Thursday where she pleaded not guilty to the charges, according to a report from Cowboy State Daily. County District Court Judge Catherine Wilking ordered her to be released on a personal recognizance bond of $5,000.

The incident allegedly took place at a Nowcap residential facility in the 300 block of North Walsh Avenue in the early morning hours of July 14. An officer with

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