OLD ORCHARD BEACH — A Canadian tourist’s death amid a burglary in his motel room has sparked an investigation by the state Attorney General’s office, state police said Sunday as a man charged in the burglary remained in jail.

Tyler J. Crandall, 45, of Knowlton, Quebec, was awakened and collapsed when his wife screamed as the burglar entered a window near the head of his bed at the Concorde Motel late Saturday night, said spokesman Stephen McCausland of the state Public Safety Department.

As the burglar entered, Crandall’s wife, Donna, “was awakened, saw a man coming in and screamed,” said McCausland. Her husband “got out of bed, collapsed and died,” said the spokesman. The burglar fled.

Crandall was pronounced dead at a Biddeford hospital and an autopsy was being scheduled Sunday. No time or place for the autopsy had been determined by Sunday afternoon, said Cindy Elliott of the Maine Medical Examiner’s office.

Meanwhile, police arrested Adrien S. Veilleux, 19, of Buxton, after a series of burglaries in Old Orchard Beach during the night. Veilleux was being held in lieu of bail at the York County Jail in Alfred on three counts of burglary and two counts of theft, said McCausland.

Following the break-in at the Crandalls’ first-floor room, a burglary was reported at two units at the Ocean Park Meadows condominiums. A ledger, cooler, skateboard, loaf of bread and car keys were among the items reported missing from the two units.

McCausland said an occupant of the second unit, who saw someone trying to break into his car, approached and confronted the burglar in the parking lot, but the suspect ran away. Police were called and arrived “within minutes,” said McCausland. Using a tracking dog, they arrested Veilleux seven blocks away early Sunday, said McCausland.

The name of the man who approached the burglar was not available, said the spokesman.

Five state police detectives and the Attorney General’s office were called into the investigation because of the death, said McCausland.

“It will be up to the attorney general to decide whether any charges will be forthcoming on the basis of the state police investigation and the medical examiner’s autopsy finding,” McCausland said.