GREENVILLE S.C. (WSVN) – Federal authorities have arrested a South Carolina man on drug charges after someone posted a picture of him on social media performing a good deed so two young Girl Scouts could get out of the cold.
Detric Lee McGowan had bought over $500 in Girl Scout cookies so girls could finish their day early selling cookies on a frigid Monday.
According to Fox News, Drug Enforcement Administration agents then arrested McGowan at his home in Greenville, S.C., the following day.
McGowan, 46, was wanted on charges relating to manufacturing heroin and fentanyl pills.
On Monday, McGowan had walked up to two girls who were selling Girl Scout cookies in front of a Greenville store.
McGowan bought all of the girls’ remaining cookies so they could “get out of the cold.”
Kayla Dillard photographed McGowan posing with the two girls and posted it to Facebook, where it garnered more than 12,000 likes. The post has since been taken down.
“This man purchased 7 packs of cookies,” the viral Facebook post read. “Gave the girls $40, told them to keep the change.”
McGowan never told the girls his name.
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