SPARTA, Wis. -- Bond is set for a former Monroe County jailer accused of sexually assaulting an inmate this summer.

26-year-old Jerry Friedl faces four felony counts of second-degree sexual assault.

According to court documents Friedl was employed as a Monroe County jailer when he had intimate sexual contact with a jail inmate on four occasions between August 5 and 17.

The case was investigated by the Vernon County Sheriff's Department and the Monroe County Sheriff's Department.

At his first court appearance early Friday morning in Monroe County Court, a $5,000 signature bond was set for Friedl. He is set to appear in court again in February.

Friedl is being represented by Madison attorney Jordan Loeb, who also represented former La Crosse County Deputy Trisha Stratman. Stratman was acquitted by a jury in November on homicide by negligent use of a vehicle charges stemming from an accident that killed Holmen High School student Brandon Jennings.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.