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12-5-17 plea deal reached in bizarre fdl child sex abuse case

todayDecember 5, 2017

One of three Fond du Lac residents charged with the sexual assault of a six year old girl has been convicted of a lesser charge.    As part of a plea agreement Tory Tuinstra pleaded no contest to an amended charge of second degree sexual assault of a child, avoiding a trial that was scheduled to begin today.  Two other charges were dismissed and read into the record.  A sentencing hearing date will be set.    Two others, Shane Berg and Ellen Neumann,  are also charged with child sex assault.   Berg is scheduled to go on trial January 9.   Police say the assaults occurred at a Ruggles Street residence.  According to a criminal complaint Tuinstra described the lifestyle in the house as dominance/submissive, telling investigators that Berg was the dominant one and goes by the name Master Wolf.  According to the complaint everyone in the house wore dog collars, including the six year old victim who wore a purple collar.  Neumann is accused of making the child watch three adults have sex, according to the complaint.  Tuinstra, Berg and Neumann are being held in the Fond du Lac County Jail on $250,000 cash.

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