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Melissa Ann Shepard, known as the “Internet Black Widow” is facing more charges less than a month after she was released from prison.

Police say Shepard was spotted by a Community Response Officer using the internet at the Halifax Central Library on April 11 — something she’s prohibited to do under the several conditions placed on her release.

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After she was arrested and taken to police headquarters, officers say they found she was in possession of a device capable of accessing the internet — another violation of her conditions.

Shepard was released from prison in March after serving a more than two-year sentence for administering a noxious substance to her former husband.

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The 80-year-old woman became known as the “Internet Black Widow” because of her history of killing and poisoning men who are her intimate partners.

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Shepard has been charged with three counts of breaching recognizance. She was released on the condition she would not visit any libraries in the Halifax Regional Municipality.

She is scheduled to appear in court on May 24.