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| Joel Nesler |
Joel
Nesler, 29, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree sexual assault
on Oct. 17. Columbia County authorities received a report the day before
alleging that at a Dungarvin care facility for people with
disabilities, where Nesler was a care worker, he had assaulted a female
client.
Nesler is being held in Columbia County Jail awaiting official charges from the district attorney’s office.
“Dungarvin has provided services to
individuals with disabilities across the country for the past 40 years,”
State Director Julie Josephitis said of the St. Paul-based
organization. “We take seriously the safety of the people we support.
All staff are subject to pre-employment background checks in accordance
to regulations.”
Citing
privacy concerns Josephitis declined to comment on any details
regarding Nesler’s hiring, length of time with the company or specific
nature of care provided at the facility.
Prior
legal issues for the organization in Wisconsin, according to online
court records, have been limited to financial disputes and one civil
case against a former employee. The lawsuit, which was dismissed in
December 2013, was filed by Dungarvin against former employee John
Herrera, who the company claimed breached his contract regarding
invasion of privacy by contacting authorities and media about a man
housed in Baraboo, who was a violent, mentally ill convict who allegedly
attacked at least 10 employees.
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Reedsburg man accused of assaulting disabled woman at Dungarvin facility
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