Eighth man arrested in connection with underage sex ring

BEAVER CITY, Neb. -- An Oxford man is the eighth man to be charged with sexual assault of a child and sex trafficking as a result of an ongoing investigation of an underage sex ring in Southwest Nebraska.

Robert Mustin, 46, arrested Friday, is charged in Furnas County Court with first degree assault of a child and sex trafficking of a minor as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in September 2019. He is charged with first-degree sexual assault of a child and sex trafficking of a minor, both Class 1B felonies.

The first arrest in the case was William Quinn, 55, Oxford, arrested in January. Bond was denied and he is set to appear in district court later this month.

He pleaded innocent to human trafficking of a minor, first-degree sexual assault of a child, first-degree sexual assault and child abuse. The charge of debauching a minor was dismissed.

Carl Kramer, 49, Oxford, is free on 10% of $250,000 bond on on three counts of human trafficking of a minor.

Dylan Brooks, 24, Omaha, is free on 10% of $3 million bond after pleading not guilty to two counts of human trafficking of a minor, two counts of first-degree sexual assault and two counts of manufacturing child pornography.

Joseph H. Baumbach, 59, McCook, is free on 10% of $100,000 bond on charges of manufacturing child pornography and evidence tampering, both felonies.

Terry L. Smith, 37, Oxford, was charged with one count of first-degree sexual assault of a child and one count of sex trafficking, both felonies.

Jacob Kramer, 21, Oxford, was charged with one count of sex trafficking of a minor and one count of first-degree sexual assault, and is free on 10% of $500,000 bond.

Bucky Weaver, 40, Oxford, is free on bond on one count of first degree sexual assault of a child.

Anyone with information on the sex trafficking case is asked to contact the nebraska Attorney General's Office at 402-471-9651 or the Nebraska State Patrol at 308-535-8050.