The Atlantic City Police Department arrested a man who fled in his vehicle after not being alert while stopped at a traffic light. Thursday, officers were alerted by a concerned citizen to a driver appearing to be asleep in the lane of travel at Arkansas and Atlantic Avenues. As the officers arrived, the driver, 49 year old Anthony Friel of Villas, appeared to be asleep. Upon seeing the officers and waking up, Friel immediately fled. Friel drove his vehicle through a barricade on Arkansas Avenue and then drove down the Boardwalk before exiting at Mississippi Avenue where he drove through a second barricade. Friel continued to the Atlantic City Expressway.
A short time later, Friel returned to Atlantic City. Officers saw his vehicle near Huron Avenue and engaged in a pursuit. Friel ultimately stopped his vehicle and fled on foot. He was apprehended and taken into custody. Friel was found in possession of six individual bags of heroin.