Traffic stop for littering leads to DUI and other charges for Symsonia pair

A Symsonia pair are facing several charges following a traffic stop for littering in Graves County on Sunday.

A Sheriff's Deputy was traveling on KY 301 near KY 131 when he said he saw trash being thrown out of a vehicle traveling in front of him. The deputy stopped the vehicle driven by 44-year-old Tammy Taylor-Routt with her passenger 56-year-old Sharon Hendrickson. 

Reportedly a quantity of methamphetamine was found while searching the vehicle and Taylor-Routt was said to be impaired on what was believed to be methamphetamine. 

It was also discovered that Hendrickson had active warrants for her arrest out of McCracken County for Probation Violation for a felony offense in a 2023 case and two counts of Contempt of Court out of a McCracken County in a 2021 case. 

Taylor-Routt was charged with criminal littering, possession of a controlled substance, DUI and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Hendrickson was charged with two bench warrants for contempt of court and one for probation violation, all out of McCracken County.