Warning: The article contains disturbing details. A Barrie woman who stole a nurse’s identity and was convicted of fraud last year will soon be back in the community after spending the past six months in jail. Next week, Hailey Roberts, 35, will be back under house arrest and curfew for the next 15 months after Roberts admitted to breaching her conditional sentence order and failing to keep the peace and be of good behaviour when she admitted to distributing intimate images of a person without their consent as a form of revenge pornography. Roberts been serving her two-year conditional sentence after she was convicted of nine fraud and assault charges last year when she admitted to stealing the identity of a nurse and working in long-term care homes in Midland, Stayner and Elmvale for four years at the height of the pandemic, despite being unqualified and unlicensed to work as a nurse. Roberts, according to those who know her, lied to former boyfriends about being pregnant and faked brain cancer years ago. Barrie landlord told CTV News she was stiffed by Roberts who squatted in her rental home for about a year without paying a cent. The woman said the landlord tenant board and a small claims court judge both ruled in her favour, awarding her more than $62,000. As part of her con that ended with her arrest in 2024, Roberts told employers at the seniors’ homes that she was certified to work in long-term care as a nurse and had upgraded her certification from a Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) to Registered Nurse (RN) status. Despite the Crown asking Justice Esther Rosenberg to sentence Roberts to actual jail time last December, the former regional senior judge gave the defence what it wanted by handing Roberts house arrest followed by curfew for two years less a day. Credited with six months for breaching her conditional sentence, Roberts has yet to be sentenced for the charge of distributing intimate images. She was also charged by police with criminal harassment, but the charge was dropped as part of the plea deal. The matter is scheduled to return to court in late January to set a sentencing date before Justice Philop John Brissette.
