BELLINGHAM, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Bellingham Police arrested a burglary suspect who led them on a foot chase across I-5.

A local utility company reported the burglary in progress in the early morning hours of April 26. They told officers that they witnessed the suspect, who was wearing a high-vis vest, stealing wire spools from a fenced area.

The suspect returned to the area after rolling a spool down Carolina St. to find Bellingham Police officers waiting for him.

The suspect then ran off, sprinting across all lanes of I-5 before an officer located him hiding in a bush on Lincoln St.

The suspect was taken into custody after he tripped down an embankment. Investigators were able to recover the stolen spools of wire on Moore St., along with suspected illegal drugs and other stolen property.