A traffic stop turned into a firearms arrest in Monterey after police tracked down a teenage boy violating traffic laws.

Jeffrey Vandervort Sr, 44, was arrested on several charges including felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a controlled substance according to a press release from the Monterey Police Department.

The investigation into the household started a few weeks ago when a Monterey police officer tried to make a traffic stop Jan. 23 after seeing someone riding an electric bike on the sidewalk near Alvarado Street and Munras Avenue. The rider didn’t pull over and fled on the e-bike, driving the wrong way against traffic on Del Monte Avenue at Alvarado Street and again on East Franklin and Tyler streets.

Police say at one point the rider nearly hit a pedestrian and drove through the Custom House Plaza.

Multiple other police officers attempted to turn on their lights or flag him down to stop, but the rider did not stop.

The Monterey Police Department started an investigation and said they identified the driver as a 15-year-old male and got a search warrant.

On Wednesday, Monterey police served the warrant at a residence in the 500-block of Casanova Avenue in Monterey. Police found what they believed to be the e-bike that fled from them weeks earlier and impounded it.

While serving the warrant, police found several unsecured firearms and determined that one of the people living at the house had a prior prison sentence and wasn’t allowed to have firearms.

A loaded handgun was found inside the closet of a child’s bedroom, and another handgun was unsecured in the hallway closet, according to police.

Vandervort was booked into the Monterey County Jail and his bail was set at $30,000.