ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – A local woman is facing prison time after she allegedly neglected a Vietnam War veteran placed in her care and cashed thousands of dollars in his name.
That woman is 50-year-old Melissa Diana Simmons of Boones Mill. She pled guilty to forgery of government checks June 23, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Virginia.
Simmons first met the victim May 2022 when she was assigned as his in-home care provider as part of a contract between her employer and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), court documents indicate…