Furnas Sex trafficking conviction upheld

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a Furnas County man convicted of one count of first-degree sexual assault of a child and sentenced to 25-35 years’ imprisonment.

Formerly of Arapahoe, Paul. D. Brooks, 65, appealed, claiming there was not sufficient evince to support his conviction, three witnesses should not have been allowed to testify about other sexual assaults he allegedly committed.

The charges stemmed from a sex trafficking investigation. In January 2020, a 16-year-old girl informed law enforcement that William Quinn had trafficked her to numerous individuals in 2019.

She provided a list of individuals to whom she had been trafficked, and Brooks’ name was on that list.