Furnas County, NE

BEAVER CITY — The alleged teenage victim in a Furnas County sex trafficking trial has admitted that she made false sexual allegations against a man in 2017. During defense attorney questioning Thursday morning in the Furnas County District Court trial of William J. Quinn, the girl said the man had sexually assaulted her sister. Although her sister didn’t report the incident to police, the girl wanted the man to get into trouble so she told authorities he sexually assaulted her.

BEAVER CITY — Fear is what led the alleged victim in a Furnas County sex trafficking case to have sex with over a dozen men. For over four hours Wednesday the now 17-year-old victim told a harrowing story of how she was first friended by William J. Quinn of Oxford through the social media network Facebook while living with her sister in North Carolina. At the time the girl was 15 years old and spent much of her time taking care of her niece’s and nephews.

BEAVER CITY, Neb. — A jury of 12 men and only two women heard opening statements in the trial of William "Billy" Quinn on Wednesday. The Furnas County Court has dropped the first count against Quinn for first-degree sexual assault of a child. But he still faces the remaining 14 counts where he has pleaded not guilty.

BEAVER CITY — As a sex trafficking trial in Furnas County District Court concluded a second day of testimony on Thursday, a pair of witnesses described seeing the Oxford man who faces multiple charges in the case with a young girl on different occasions in 2019. Greg Yost of Beaver...

BEAVER CITY, Neb. — 160 jurors have been summoned to Beaver City, which has a population of 641 people, for the William "Billy" Quinn trial. A lot of planning and coordination goes into making a trial happen, especially the jury selection process according to Furnas County District Court Clerk Victoria Barnett.

A Furnas County District Court jury of 12 men and two women began Wednesday morning with opening statements by attorneys involved in the trial of 57-year-old William “Billy” Quinn. The Oxford man faces 14 felony counts in a child sex trafficking investigation that has resulted in about a dozen other men being charged as well. District Judge David Urbom is presiding over the trial. At the end of the trial, 12 of the jurors will be deciding the case.

BEAVER CITY, NE – Opening statements were made this morning in the jury trial of William “Billy” Quinn in Beaver City, Nebraska. Quinn is accused of sexual assault and human trafficking of a young girl over a 7 month period ending in January 2020 when suspicious activity was reported to the Furnas County Sheriff’s Office.

BEAVER CITY — Two women and 12 men were selected to sit on the jury for the trial of an Oxford man charged in a Furnas County sex trafficking case. Jury selection in the trial of William J. Quinn, 57, of Oxford began Monday and continued into Tuesday afternoon in Furnas County District Court at Beaver City. After 14 hours, the jury was seated by 3 p.m. Tuesday.

BEAVER CITY — More than 50 people have been subpoenaed to testify at the trial of an Oxford man charged in a Furnas County sex trafficking case. The trial for William J. Quinn, 57, of Oxford will begin Monday in Furnas County District Court at Beaver City. There have been 160 people summoned for jury selection, which is scheduled to take place Monday and Tuesday.

BEAVER CITY, Neb. -- The trial of a central Nebraska man accused of human trafficking is underway. Opening statements were made Wednesday morning in the jury trial of William Quinn, of Beaver City. Quinn is accuse of sexual assault and human trafficking of a young girl over a seven-month period...