A Fond du Lac judge has set a new trial date a month after rejecting a motion to dismiss first murder charges against an over the road trucker from Kenosha. Judge Robert Wirtz set a new trial starting February 12th of next year for Dennis Brantner. Brantner is charged in the 1990 death of Berit Beck in Fond du lac County. A status conference will be held this summer with motion hearings scheduled for this fall. A mistrial was declared last summer after jurors told the judge they could not reach a unanimous verdict. Wirtz was assigned to the case after Judge Gary Sharpe stepped down after he made comments to the jury about the case shortly after declaring the mistrial.
