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Schenectady County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man Wednesday after he fled on foot from police who pulled him over near the border of Rotterdam and Schenectady.



Deputies stopped Garrick D. Bailey at a convenience store near the corner of Olean Street and Broadway about 11:45 a.m., said John Lubrant, chief deputy at the sheriff’s office. Bailey, 25, was wanted in connection with a narcotics investigation, Lubrant said.



Bailey ran from police, prompting law enforcement to create a perimeter in the area of Olean Street and Edgewood Avenue. Police K-9 units and Schenectady and Rotterdam police responded to the incident as well, Lubrant said.



Officers eventually shrank the perimeter and, following some calls from neighbors who spotted the individual, apprehended him in the area of Edgewood Avenue and Melrose Street, about 12:45 p.m., Lubrant said.



Bailey, a Schenectady resident, is charged with criminal possession of a narcotic with intent to sell and criminal sale of a narcotic — both felonies. He is awaiting arraignment, Lubrant said.