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Mr. Fournier faced up to 20 years in prison—each indecent liberties charge carries up to five years and the abduction charge carries up to 10 years.
With the plea agreement, 17 of the 20 years are going to be suspended and he will be serving three years, according to Kevin Casey, assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney who handled the prosecution of the case.
The minor, who is now 19 years old and in college, had been living in foster care in Rappahannock County for several years when it was decided by authorities to place her in the Fournier home “informally” because “things were not going well for the teenager” at her present foster home.
“There was nothing untoward (at the Rappahannock foster home),” said one official familiar with the case. “It was just a teenage thing. . . and she was friends with Mrs. Fournier and it looked like a safe place to go.”
Others commented how “attached” the student seemed to be with her teacher, Mrs. Fournier.
When the student was moved back to her previous foster home in May 2001 she told her foster mother what had happened at the Fournier’s and the foster mother called authorities. Six months later, Mr. Fournier was indicted.
Bev Leathers, director of Rappahannock County Social Services, said because of the strict confidentiality of foster care cases she was not able to comment on this particular one. Generally speaking, she said, social sendees screens all applicants who
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