Buhl city councilman Ryan Loos, 49, is no longer facing drug-related charges after a judge accepted a motion to dismiss the case.[1] The motion states Loos took a plea agreement in exchange for the charges against him being dropped.[1] Under the agreement he completed a marijuana education course and 16 hours of community service.[1] Judge Jennifer Bergin accepted the state’s motion and dismissed the case on Oct. 16.[1]
Loos originally faced resisting arrest, drug paraphernalia and marijuana possession charges after an incident in Buhl on April 18.[1] A Buhl police officer had been helping a Twin Falls sheriff’s deputy with a suspected drunk driver near Broadway Ave N and Locust St around 1:30 a.m. on a Saturday when Loos approached and asked about the driver.[2] The officer wrote that Loos appeared intoxicated, refused several requests for identification and was handcuffed.[2] A search of Loos found a device the officer described as a THC vape bearing a marijuana symbol in his front right pocket.[2] Loos was booked at the Twin Falls County Jail and cited for resisting, obstructing and delaying, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.[2]
He bonded out and entered a not guilty plea.[2] Loos’ fellow city councilman Cortlin Runyan is due to be arraigned in district court on Monday on aggravated battery, possession of a controlled substance and introducing contraband to a correctional facility charges after an August 6 arrest.[1]
