Small traffic infraction leads to big arrest

A simple traffic stop led to the arrest of a California man in Kimball on Tuesday, May 17.

According to an affidavit obtained from the Kimball County Court, Nebraska State Patrol Trooper L. J. Kelley was patrolling east on I-80 when he observed a vehicle change lanes without using a turn signal.

Kelley stopped the vehicle, driven by Peter E. Tasciotti of Cali., and requested to see the man’s driver’s license, vehicle registration and insurance. Upon examination of Tasciotti’s driver’s license the trooper discovered that it had expired in 2010.

An adult female passenger in the vehicl...