1976 – Fuller is accepted to VCU as an art student. He eventually becomes a student security officer.
1979 – Fuller discontinues his studies at VCU and becomes a patrol officer for the VCU Police Department.
1992 – Fuller leaves VCU Police for a job with the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control department.
1995 – Fuller is awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in police science from St. John’s University in Springfield, La.
1996 – Fuller is named chief of the Virginia State University Department of Police.
Dec. 10, 2000 – Fuller is named police chief of the VCU Police Department.
2005 – Fuller completes a bachelor of interdisciplinary studies degree with a focus in law enforcement from VCU.
Jan. 10, 2009 – Chesterfield County Police begin investigating Fuller’s online activity after he was allegedly discovered chatting under the screen name “Hotcop2006” with an undercover police officer. Detective Keith Vincent was posing as a 14-year-old girl from, whom Fuller allegedly requested pictures of her genitalia.
Jan. 28, 2009 – Fuller is arrested at his home on the 9000 block of Meadowfield Court in Henrico County.
Jan. 29, 2009 – A pre-trial for Fuller is held at Chesterfield Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. Fuller is charged with four felonies; two charges of attempted indecent liberties with a minor and two charges of using an electronic device to solicit sex from a minor. A VCU Alert sent out by then university President Eugene Trani stated Fuller has been placed on administrative leave without pay and Captain Carlton Edwards has been named acting chief.
Jan. 30, 2009 – Fuller is released on a $10,000 bail under the condition that he does not use the Internet.
Jan. 31, 2009 – The Richmond Times-Dispatch prints an article questioning the validity of Fuller’s first bachelor’s degree from St. John’s. According to the article, St. John’s is not an officially accredited institution with the state of Louisiana, nor by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Pam Lepley, the director of university communications and public relations, said in the article that Fuller also has a master’s degree in public management from VCU.
Feb. 17, 2009 – Style Weekly prints an article alleging that VCU conducted an internal investigation on Fuller in 2005 after the university received complaints against Fuller from within the police department. An anonymous source in the article claimed that VCU investigators found a sexually explicit electronic correspondence on Fuller’s work computer between him and a girl claiming to be 17.
April 6, 2009 – Fuller waives his right to a preliminary trial by a Chesterfield County judge. One of the two charges of attempted indecent liberties with a minor is dropped.
April 27, 2009 – Fuller waives his right to a trial by jury, and is granted a bench trial, meaning that the trial will be heard before a sitting judge with no jury present.
June 8, 2009 – Fuller is found lying in a parking lot outside his apartment by a neighbor after he had what is believed to be a diabetes-related stroke. Fuller is admitted to critical care at VCU Medical Center for having a seizure and is diagnosed with “hypersmotic non-ketotic syndrome.”
June 26, 2009 – Fuller is admitted to Medicine at VCU Medical Center.
July 2, 2009 – Fuller is admitted to Psychiatry at VCU Medical Center.
July 8, 2009 – Instead of the bench trial against Fuller taking place, a motion is granted to reschedule for Sept. 10 because of Fuller’s medical status.
July 9, 2009 – Pat Blease, an occupational therapist, evaluates Fuller for functional skills. He is evaluated using the Kohlman Evaluation of Living Skills, which assesses areas in which a person needs assistance. Fuller demonstrates difficulty with “money management, safety and health, transportation, telephone, work and leisure,” and displayed “difficulty with orientation and short-term memory.” The test indicates that Fuller will need assistance in basic living skills, and Blease concludes Fuller “would benefit from 24-hour supervision (to ensure safety with basic living skills).”
July 10, 2009 – Dr. James Wade conducts a neuropsychological evaluation of Fuller and concludes that Fuller suffers “significant amnesia for prior personal history and suggested a diagnosis of Dementia secondary to anoxic brain injury and Delirium, by history.” Wade also says Fuller could enjoy recovery of cognitive function within the next year, but because Fuller is severly “amnestic deficit, he is not able to make legal decisions.”
Sept. 10, 2009 – Felony sex charges against Fuller are dropped because a Chesterfield Country judge determines he is mentally incapable of standing trial. Because the charges are dropped under nolle prosequi, the same charges can be brought up against Fuller if he is deemed mentally capable to stand trial.
All of Fuller’s medical information was acquired from Dr. Lakhani’s letter that was shown in court Sept. 10.