SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio -- A Cleveland man who was arrested for the 111th time on Tuesday shed his pants while fleeing from South Euclid police, according to an arrest report.

Nathaniel Ferguson, 49, faces theft charges after he reportedly stole about $52 of toothpaste from Walgreens on Mayfield Road. Lorenzo Turner, a 53-year-old Cleveland man, was also arrested after police said he gave Ferguson a ride to help him evade officers.

Police said Ferguson went into Walgreens about 2:15 p.m. and concealed items under his clothes. A store employee chased him as he ran through several backyards and climbed fences, reports show.

An officer on foot caught sight of Ferguson as he entered the passenger's seat of a Dodge Caravan on Mayfield Road, according to the report. Police pursued the car until it stopped near Edmund and South Green roads. Investigators found the toothpaste and Ferguson's jeans in the backyard of a Sheffield Road home. The pants had a white rope tied to the waist area to help hide the stolen goods, police said.

Police found a crack pipe and an open bottle of liquor in Turner's car. He is charged with failing to comply with a police officer's order, drug paraphernalia possession, an open container violation and three traffic violations.

Ferguson is charged with theft, failing to comply with a police officer's order and two traffic violations.

Ferguson was arrested in a similar incident in February, when he was accused of stealing teeth whitening products from CVS. A store employee told police Ferguson is banned from all CVS locations.

Ferguson has been in and out of Northeast Ohio jails since his first criminal conviction in 1984. Most of the charges he's racked up are related to theft, robbery and drug possession.