A Fond du Lac woman convicted of failing to protect a 6-year-old girl from sex crimes wants to change her plea. At a sentencing hearing Friday 40 year old Ellen Neumann told judge Dale English she plans to file a motion to withdraw an Alford plea she entered back in January. Under the plea Neumann ddin’t admit guilt but acknowledged there was enough evidence for a conviction. Charges of first-degree sexual assault of a child and causing a child to view sex acts were dismissed but read into the record. Neumann was one of three people charged in the case. Shane Berg was sentenced to 18 years in prison and Tory Tuinstra received a 13 year prison sentence after they were convicted of sexual assault of a child. Neumann is accused of forcing a six year old girl to watch as she and Berg had sex. Assistant police chief Steve Thiry says the assaults occurred at a Ruggles Street residence. According to a criminal complaint Tuinstra described the lifestyle in the house as dominance/submissive. Thiry says Tuinstra told investigators that Berg was the dominant one and went 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.
