The Nebraska State Patrol says a routine traffic stop Sunday afternoon on Interstate 80 in the Panhandle resulted in the recovery of a missing 16-year old Utah girl and the arrest of the driver of the car.
The State Patrol says 29-year old Vicson Lendos of Bountiful, Utah, was stopped for driving on the shoulder just after 3:00 pm near Chappell.
In talking with Lendos and his passengers, the trooper determined one of the passengers was a teen from Bountiful who’d been reported missing.
      The girl was placed in protective custody with the State Patrol working with the Bountiful Police Department as the investigation continues. Lendos was lodged in the Cheyenne County Jail in Sidney on a charge of child abuse.