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A good Samaritan who was out walking his dog helped a Sacramento police officer arrest a suspect Wednesday evening.Police said the passerby, Sergio De La Cruz, helped the officer during a fight with 37-year-old Aaron Winsley in a neighborhood south of Broadway."That police guy is here to protect me, I'm going to be there to help out and make sure he's not injured,” De La Cruz said. "A lot of people were upset I helped him, but my thing was protect him -- protect the person."The fight happened around 6:25 p.m. near Kit Carson and Warner streets. Officers patrolling the area saw Winsley, who was a known drug dealer, and tried to stop him, the Sacramento Police Department said.However, Winsley didn’t stop and ran, forcing one of the officers to chase after him, police said. When the officer caught up with Winsley, he saw Winsley getting rid of meth and Ecstasy. Police said that’s when Winsley and the officer got into a fight.The officer tried to shock Winsley with a Taser, but Winsley pulled it away from the officer, police said."The suspect actually grabbed and took off the end of the Taser and disarmed the officer of his Taser,” Sacramento police spokesperson Traci Trapani said.While backup was headed to the area to help the officer, De La Cruz stepped in."I said, ‘oh, there's a fight, there's something going on,’” De La Cruz recalled. "Next thing you know, I see the stun gun go flying.”De La Cruz -- while still holding on to the dog leash -- was able to get the Taser and hand it to the officer, allowing him to use it against Winsley. Police said the officer was then able to detain Winsley."We don't want to make that choice of deadly force,” Trapani said. “The goal for any officer at the end of the night is we want to go home safe to our families."Winsley was arrested and booked into Sacramento County Jail on charges of parole violation, taking a weapon away from an officer, possessing drugs and resisting arrest.