ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VA (Rocktown Now) – A trial date has been set for the business director of a Rockingham County assisted living facility who was arrested last year.

The jury trial of Michele Buckner of Penn Laird is scheduled to start on December 9, 2025. A judge selected that date during a hearing this morning in the circuit court.

The 65-year-old Buckner was arrested last September after deputies executed a search warrant at Willow Estates Assisted Living Facility.

A grand jury indicted Buckner in March on a felony charge of abusing a vulnerable adult causing injury.

The trial is expected to last three days.