A former program director at the Fond du lac Berry House, accused of sexually assaulting a resident at the facility has been placed on probation. Fond du Lac judge Peter Grimm placed 30 year old Jennifer Wenger on probation for three years. The judge imposed and stayed a one year prison sentence and two years of extended supervision. A charge of second degree sexual assault by an employee of a child welfare agency was dismissed and read into the record. Wenger pleaded no contest to an amended charge of public fornication, and felony bail jumping. Wenger was the lead social worker at the Berry House, a group home for people with mental illness. The home Is licensed by the Department of Health Services as a Community Based Residential Facility with around the clock staffing of social workers and other employees. According to a criminal complaint Wenger, who is married, had an ongoing sexual relationship with a female Berry House resident between May and July of last year. According to the complaint Wenger would have sex with the victim in her office and the victim’s bedroom and in a car at different locations in Fond du lac.
