Colebrook woman will refinance her house to pay the $313,000 in restitution

A Colebrook woman who pleaded guilty in August to embezzling more than $300,000 from two Colebrook dealerships she had worked at will refinance her house to pay the $313,000 in restitution required as part of the sentence.  As the formal sentencing nears, prosecutors are requesting that Tina Fournier, 48, pay the full restitution amount first before she begins serving the 12 month stand in the Grafton County House of Corrections.  A plea and sentencing hearing has now been scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Nov. 8 at Coos Superior Court.  On Aug. 30, Fournier announced her intent to plead guilty to two Class A felony counts of theft by unauthorized taking and three Class A felony counts of credit card fraud, after a grand jury indicted her on the charges in 2022.