CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Police this week arrested a Clearlake man on drug charges following a vehicle pursuit, less than a month after he was arrested for drugs after trying to flee from police.

Louis Charles Carlson, 41, was arrested on Monday night, according to Sgt. Tim Hobbs of the Clearlake Police Department.

At about 7:45 p.m. Monday Clearlake Police K9 Officer Travis Parson attempted to conduct a traffic enforcement stop on a Harley Davidson motorcycle on Burns Valley Road for traffic violations, Hobbs said.

Hobbs said the driver, later identified as Carlson, failed to yield to the patrol vehicle's emergency lights and siren and led officers on a pursuit for about one mile.

During the pursuit Carlson traveled up to 50 miles per hour on residential streets where the speed limit is 25 miles per hour, Hobbs said.

While on Sonoma Avenue near Deertrail Road, Carlson crashed the motorcycle and fled on foot.  Hobbs said officers caught Carlson several hundred yards away from the motorcycle and arrested him. 

Hobbs said Carlson was found to be in possession of 8.5 ounces of methamphetamine, 1 ounce of heroin, pay and owe sheets with names of people he had been engaging in narcotics transactions with, and a digital scale.

Carlson was booked into the Lake County Jail for felony evading, resisting arrest, possession of a controlled substance for sales, possession of a narcotic controlled substance for sales, transportation of a controlled substance and driving with a suspended driver’s license, Hobbs said.

Carlson's bail was set at $35,000. Jail records showed that he later was released.

Hobbs said Carlson also arrested by the Clearlake Police Department on July 18 for possession of a controlled substance for sales, possession of marijuana for sales, cultivation of marijuana, possession of concentrated cannabis for sales, possession of drug paraphernalia, and resisting arrest.

During that incident, Hobbs said Carlson fled from Officer Kelleher during a traffic stop at Jack in the Box.

Carlson ran from Jack in the Box across Highway 53 and was caught by Officer Chris Kelleher on Old Highway 53 west of the highway, Hobbs said.

Carlson was found to be in possession of half an ounce of methamphetamine, a digital scale and almost 4 ounces of concentrated cannabis. Additionally, in the vehicle there were 6 pounds of processed marijuana and 66 marijuana plants, Hobbs said.

Carlson was booked into the Lake County Jail for that July arrest but bailed out shortly afterward, Hobbs said.

Anyone with information regarding the unlawful possession or sales of controlled substances can contact the Clearlake Police Department at 707-994-8251. Callers may remain anonymous.