Aberdeen Police officers arrested a Hoquiam man, who attempted to flee an officer early Tuesday morning and is suspected of multiple vehicle prowls in Aberdeen.

The 36-year-old Hoquiam man was arrested following a foot chase a little after 3:30 a.m. The officer was in the area looking for juvenile youths involved in a separate incident at Q Mart. As the officer patrolled up F Street, he observed a man on his bicycle cutting across the Aberdeen High School parking lot while not wearing a helmet, according to the police department in a press release. Lt. C.J. Chastain said because the man had no helmet, was wearing dark clothing and had no bicycle light, the officer tried to confront him.

When the officer turned his spotlight on the man, the rider jumped up on the pedals and took off, the release states. The officer observed several bags hanging from the handlebars of the bicycle.

As the man turned in the alley south of the Aberdeen School District office, the officer drove around to cut him off on G Street with emergency lights flashing. The rider eventually wiped out in some loose gravel and attempted to run on foot, police say.

After falling again, the man was taken into custody without incident. Backup officers located the bags discarded by the suspect, which contained “a variety of personal effects” linked to a residence in the 400 Block of Bland Street, where a ehicle’s window was broken out. Chastain said there were at least two additional cars that were broken into in the area around that time.

Police say a search of the suspect’s clothing turned up suspected heroin, and the man was found to have outstanding arrest warrants from a variety of courts in the area. The suspect was booked into the Aberdeen jail under suspicion of vehicle prowl, attempted vehicle prowl, obstructing a public servant, resisting arrest, violation of the uniform controlled substance act, and the previous warrants.

The release says residents in that area are encouraged to contact the Aberdeen Police Department if they were a victim of a vehicle prowl and had not reported it, or if it appeared someone attempted to get in their vehicle.