ECHS grad honored as narcotics officer
By BRENDA SOMMER news1@leader-news.com

Contributed Photo Receiving Recognition Calhoun County Sheriff's Department Deputy Cash Sebastian, left, recently earned the top narcotics officer award for the East Texas region from the Texas Narcotics Officers Association. The 1991 El Campo High School graduate is the son of Dorothy Kight Warzecha.

An 1991 El Campo High alumnus has been honored as the top narcotics officer in the East Texas region by the Texas Narcotics Officers Association.

Cash Sebastian, son of Dorothy Kight Warzecha of El Campo and George Sebastian of Wharton County, was honored by the group at a recent banquet in Galveston.

"I'm very, very proud of him," his mom said. "He always wanted to be a policeman. From a child on, he always told me he was going to be a police officer, and his dream came true."

Sebastian, who will be 35 in December, has been in law enforcement since 1998, when he graduated from the police academy at Wharton County Junior College.

Prior to his six years with the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department in Port Lavaca, he served in the Ganado Police Department and worked night security at Pierce Ranch.

During his career with the sheriff's department, Sebastian arrested more than 150 people in drug-related cases and confiscated drugs with a street value of more than $3.3 million.

He seized an $87,000 home methamphetamine lab, seven vehicles worth $25,000 and a commercial vehicle worth $18,000. Sebastian also has seized over $80,000 in currency, making the total money and assets seized by Sebastian worth more than $200,000.

The assets Sebastian seized allowed the sheriff's department to buy patrol cars, cameras and miscellaneous equipment at no cost to taxpayers.

Warzecha said her son was influenced in his career choice by a relative.

"My sister was married to Bruce Campbell, an El Campo Police officer, and my son really looked up to him," she said.

His career has its dangers, something that would worry any mother, Warzecha said.

"But I never ever said anything to him about it, because it was his dream," she said. "When he was a police officer it bothered me, but when he became an actual undercover

narcotics officer, it really bothered me. I pray for him every day."

Sebastian is the father of four children, and volunteers in the community. He is an advisor to a law enforcement based Scout post and coaches Little League.

Sebastian's grandparents, Harold "Buck" Kight and Marie Kight, live in El Campo. His brother and sister both live in Lake Jackson, Warzecha said.

He was nominated for the award by his sheriff, B.B. Browning, and co-workers.