Bicyclist arrested on drug, obstruction counts

BEATRICE – A man police observed on a bicycle and who had active warrants out for him, was arrested after he allegedly tried to evade an officer.

Early Friday evening, a Beatrice officer observed the male on a bicycle northbound in the 200 block of South 16^th.  When he looked back at the patrol unit, the man pedaled faster and turned into a yard, hopping off the bike and running through yards.

An officer was able to catch up to the man in an alley, in the 17-hundred block of East Court Street. While attempting to arrest him, the man tried to run east down the alley, but was captured by the officer.

A witness said the man had thrown a black backpack next to a tree.  Police said the backpack contained a white crystalline substance, multiple micro-baggies, a digital scale with white residue and other narcotic equipment.  The substance found tested positive as methamphetamine.

Arrest warrants from Gage and Lancaster Counties were confirmed for 29-year-old Jordan Ward, who was also arrested for drug and drug paraphernalia possession, resisting arrest and obstructing police.