RENO COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on drug charges and giving a deputy a lot of credit.

Just before 3p.m. Saturday, Reno County Deputy Eric DeLaCruz stopped to assist a motorist on U.S. 50 and Dean Road, according to a social media report.

The driver, J.T. Lewis Rowe, Culhaun, CO.,  told deputies he had a flat tire and was waiting for assistance.

While speaking with the driver on the passenger side of his vehicle, Deputy DeLaCruz detected an odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle.
After searching the vehicle, he found a one gallon size clear bag with a colored glass pipe with marijuana residue, two small silicon containers with marijuana residue and an additional one gallon size clear bag with marijuana.
The clear bag with marijuana weighted a total of 91.34 grams.

Rowe was arrested for Poss of Marijuana, Poss of Para and Violation of a Protection Order.

Since the vehicle broke down, the deputy took the girlfriend and kids to a local restaurant down the highway. “Deputy DeLacruz left his debit card with the restaurant and told the employees to give the lady and the kids whatever they asked for. When he went back he left a ten dollar tip because he felt the rambunctious kids were a lot for staff to deal with.”

This all took place after Dep DeLaCruz was seen earlier in the morning purchasing a glass of lemonade at a stand two small kids had set up in Hutchinson.

The sheriff’s department then asked “Guardian? Warrior? Or both?How many likes can Deputy DeLaCruz get?”