(La Porte, IN) - A La Porte Police officer on bicycle patrol removed a suspected drug user from the streets.

Samuel Wilson, 37, has been charged in La Porte Circuit Court with two counts of possession of a control substance and illegal possession of a syringe.

The officer was on a bicycle patrolling the 1300 block of Federal Ave. on June 1st when he spotted a moped owned by Wilson, who had warrants out for his arrest in La Porte and Starke counties at the time.

The officer then approached Wilson, who was found standing near a vehicle, with two syringes containing a dark liquid in one of his pants-pockets.

The liquid tested positive for heroin and methamphetamine.

According to court records, Wilson was wanted in La Porte County on charges of leaving the scene of an accident and on drug-related charges in Starke County,.