A Texas judge who requires almost all of her probationers to get a job says one woman went too far -- about 1,500 miles too far.

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In April, State District Judge Sharen Wilson ordered Megan Marsteller, serving three years of deferred-adjudication probation for fraudulently possessing hydrocodone, to show up for a four-day work stint in the Tarrant County Jail as a condition of her probation, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Tuesday.

When Marsteller, 32, failed to show up, the work days were rescheduled for the following week.

When she failed to show up again, Wilson issued a warrant for Marsteller's arrest and probation officer Rodney Knotts started making calls to try and locate Marsteller.

"Rodney made a couple of phone calls and found out she was living with her mother out of state in Pennsylvania," Jim Sinclair, assistant director of Tarrant County's probation department, said. "She had started a new job -- at the county probation department as a secretary."

Marsteller has been ordered to return to Tarrant County and report to Knotts, the Star-Telegram reported.

What will happen to her on her return has not been announced, the newspaper said.