- December 16, 2025
Jamesine Fischer posted $30,000 bond and was released Feb. 24.
The Florida Highway Patrol obtained an arrest warrant Feb. 24 for 55-year-old Jamesine Anne Fischer, of Palm Coast’s F-section, for leaving the scene of a crash resulting in the death of Francoise Pecqueur Nov. 10, at Columbia and Colechester lanes.
The State Attorney’s Office has filed the felony charge. The maximum sentence is 30 years in prison.
According to Steven Alexander, Fischer’s St. Augustine-based attorney, Fischer plans to plead not guilty when the case gets to court. But Alexander was unwilling to discuss any other aspects of the case.
“We’re going to vigorously fight these charges,” he said. “We feel she’s not guilty.”
Fischer, wife of School Board member John Fischer, was driving a 2007 silver PT Cruiser northbound on Columbia Lane, while 76-year-old Francoise Pecqueur, of Palm Coast, was walking her poodle southbound on the road’s east shoulder. The front of the PT Cruiser struck Pecqueur, who was later transported to Halifax Hospital but did not survive the trauma.
The first call to emergency services was logged at around 6:08 p.m. from a witness who lived nearby and stopped his car near the scene when he saw Pecqueur’s dog in the middle of the road. On finding Pecqueur lying in the grass, bleeding, he asked Fischer if she had called 911. According to the report, she mumbled “No,” but seemed “confused and incoherent.” The witness said he didn’t smell alcohol on her, but suspected she was on medication or drugs.
Two other individuals were at the scene, as well, and identified Fischer. One saw her bending over Pecqueur. Fischer told both witnesses that she drove by and found Pecqueur lying hurt in the grass.
Fischer herself didn’t report the incident until about 11.5 hours later, at 5:39 a.m.
The report states that she did not tell anyone at the scene that she heard a thud or may have been in a collision, either, although hospital examiners identified Pecqueur’s injuries as a result of blunt-force trauma. After Fischer agreed to have her vehicle impounded for evidence, her windshield was found to be shattered on its passenger side.
According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, Fischer misled law enforcement about her involvement in the crash. After a three-month investigation, Florida Highway Patrol homicide investigators determined that she had been involved in a hit-and-run.
Fischer surrendered herself at approximately 7 p.m. Feb. 24, at the Flagler County Inmate Facility. She then posted bond on $30,000 and was released.
Legal parties should be notified of a scheduled trial date within the next two weeks.
— Mike Cavaliere contributed to this report.
