ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VA (Rocktown Now) – The case of the business director of a Rockingham County assisted living facility who was arrested last year is moving on in the courts.

Michele Buckner of Penn Laird had her felony charge of neglect causing injury certified to a grand jury Wednesday during a preliminary hearing in general district court.

The 65-year-old Buckner was arrested last September 5th after deputies with the sheriff’s officer executed a search warrant at Willow Estates Assisted Living Facility in Penn Laird.

Buckner remains free on bond.