Charges dropped against former VCU police chief
Back in January, we reported that then VCU police chief Willie B. Fuller was arrested for allegedly trying to solicit sex from an undercover Chesterfield investigator posing as a 14-year-old girl. This afternoon charges were dropped as Fuller was ruled unfit to stand trial, apparently due to the lasting effects of a diabetic stroke he […]
Back in January, we reported that then VCU police chief Willie B. Fuller was arrested for allegedly trying to solicit sex from an undercover Chesterfield investigator posing as a 14-year-old girl.
This afternoon charges were dropped as Fuller was ruled unfit to stand trial, apparently due to the lasting effects of a diabetic stroke he suffered in June. He is now residing in a 24-hour facility, receiving medical care.
Charges can be reinstated should his condition improve.
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Valerie Catrow
Valerie Catrow is editor of RVAFamily, mother to a mop-topped first grader, and always really excited to go to bed.
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BS. One sick PIG.
Guys, it’s our responsibility as students and citizens to make sure this doesn’t fall to the wayside. If I don’t get an update on his charges being reinstated or of his health in a month, a stink shall be raised.
everyone is entitled to make mistakes (even the most despicable kind). But just because you’re a cop doesn’t mean your mistakes/crimes get passed over (especially when they’re so despicable).
But if you’re sick? And mentally incapable of standing trial? If he gets better, sure, go through with the charges, even if the case finds he was mentally messed up at the time and not fully in control or aware of his actions. But nothing’s getting “passed over” here. Guy is now locked up full time in an institution. He’s not out walking the streets, he’s not getting special treatment.
How could a man with the mental incapabilities to stand trial be fit for the job of VCU Chief of Police?
@ PJ
obviously you’ve never had a run-in with any VCU Police.
They have mental capabilities.
the diabetes didnt affect his sex drive, weird
PJ and Liberty, diabetes doesn’t affect your sex drive. And his mental incapabilities are not synonymous with diabetes. I daresay we all work with someone who has diabetes or have friends who are and are you saying that they are mentally impaired because they have diabetes? You may want to read up on diabetes before throwing out statements which are in error.
A VCU employee (doctor who made report on Fuller’s condition) shouldn’t have been the one to report to the court on his ability to stand trial. Can you say conflict of interest? VCU stood to be further embarrassed in the press with Fuller’s prosecution – there are plenty of other neuropsychologists in the city that could have evaluated his condition.
VCU students need to stand up to the continued practice at VCU of looking the other way in cases of sexual harrassment and other kinds of inappropriate behaviors of its employees. The school does a great job of protecting its own – professors – while ignoring the real victims – their own students. And it’s all in the name of keeping bad press down and avoiding costly litigation. Some in authority blame the “sexually charged atmosphere” of the classroom and of the general environment of the academic village.
Students Stand UP and make your voices heard!!!
Diabetes dose affect sex drive, you are wrong
I’m just saying that being the Chief of Police is a hard job. If the man can’t stand trial, I’m not sure he should have be in charge of the safety of an entire University.