A man woken by a noise in his Berkeley home found a stranger who offered to sell him cocaine, police say.

The intrusion occurred around 4:30 a.m. on June 27 in the 2700 block of Durant Avenue, a row of apartment complexes and fraternity and sorority houses next to the University of California campus.

The resident told police that the stranger claimed to be trying to find a different address, and then offered to sell him cocaine. When he pulled a bag of white powder out of his pocket, the resident told him to leave, according to police.

About 45 minutes later, officers found a suspect near Bancroft Way and Telegraph Avenue.

When they began to search him, the man attempted to flee. Police tackled and restrained him, and they allegedly found the man was carrying more than a half-ounce of cocaine.

Jahcoby Dillon Adams-Mabin, 24, of Berkeley, was arrested on suspicion of burglary, threatening violence on a peace officer, felony battery on emergency personnel and possession of a controlled substance, according to police.

Adams-Mabin suffered a scrape to the forehead. He was treated and released by medical personnel at the scene before being booked into jail. One of the arresting officers suffered a cut to the forehead and was treated at a hospital.

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