The deputy makes a new friend
NEWPORT A Monroe County sheriff s deputy was on police duty when he unexpectedly made a new friend.
Deputy Zachary Straub had responded to a call in the Marshall Fields subdivision near Newport when resident Wayne Braden spotted the patrol car Friday afternoon. Braden s 15-month-old grandson, Easton, happened to playing in his own police car at the time.
The deputy stopped and took the time to meet with the family and show the toddler a real-life police car. It was really something, Wayne Braden said. The deputy was awesome with my grandson. He didn t have to do that. He was great.