Inver Grove Heights Man Pleads Guilty to Terroristic Threats, Headed to Sentencing

A 30-year-old Inver Grove Heights man who pleaded guilty to felony terroristic threats on Mar. 12 is scheduled to be sentenced on June 5.

Adam Nicholas Fournelle was originally charged with terroristic threats and misdemeanor domestic assault following but state prosecutors dropped the midemeanor in exchange for Fournelle's guilty plea. 

Fournelle is facing a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine for the felony offense. 

According to a Dakota County criminal complaint, a domestic violence advocate at Lewis House in Eagan was on the phone with the victim Oct. 17 when the advocate heard a man in the background threaten to kill the woman. 

The advocate notified police and, upon their arrival, interviewed Fournelle who initially denied making the comment. Fournelle eventually admitted he "threatens to kill (the victim) all the time, but that he doesn’t really mean it,” according to the complaint.

The complaint also says Fournelle threatened to have his friends kill the victim and told her that her body would be found floating in the Mississippi River. 

Fournelle—who is barred from drinking as a condition of probation in a separate case—had a blood-alcohol level of 0.17 at the time of his arrest.