Traffic stop leads to arrest on drug-related charges

An Elizabethtown woman was arrested on drug-related charges after a traffic stop.

Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Deputy Teancum Clark stopped a vehicle driven by Tasha Wooten, 28, of 107 11th St., Elizabethtown, at 8:38 a.m. Tuesday at State Road 9 and County Road 450N, deputies said.

After noticing a strong odor of marijuana, Clark found other drugs and drug-related items before arresting Wooten, deputies said.

Wooten was cited for driving while suspended with a prior conviction and on preliminary charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia, deputies said.

She is being held in the Bartholomew County Jail in lieu of $65,000 bond, jail officials said.

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