Trial For Former Sullivan Teacher Accused Of Sodomy Set For September

Tue, 06/15/2021 - 4:36pm

A trial for a former Sullivan School District educator accused of sodomy is scheduled for Sept. 1-2 in Wayne County.

Freeman Fouts, 36, is charged with one count of statutory sodomy.

The victim was a former student of Fouts' while he was teaching at Cape Girardeau Central.

Online court records show that Fouts has until July 27 to submit a guilty plea.

Fouts also has been charged in Cape Girardeau County, though that case has been continued until Oct. 7.

See more on this story in the June 16 issue of the Independent News.