Faulkner County manhunt underway (UALR Public Radio) - Authorities on Thursday sought a man who ran from Secret Service agents who wanted to talk to him about having "undue interest" in someone under the agency's protection.

Brian Marr, a spokesman for the Little Rock office of the Secret Service, told FM 89 News there was not an overt threat. Faulkner County Sheriff Karl Byrd said the subject was to be questioned about statements regarding Chelsea Clinton, but Marr told he station Clinton was not the subject. Marr wouldn't name the person at issue.

Authorities have identified the suspect as 32-year old Melvin Maples of Enola.

Byrd said the man may have a gun and had recently made unusual claims in calls to the sheriff's office.

"He has called us with strange calls, 'This is (country singer) Kenny Chesney. Someone stole my tour bus.' Or, 'This is Lt. Gary Moore. I found Kenny Chesney's tour bus in a shed,'" Byrd said.

Sheriff's deputies accompanied the Secret Service to interview the man, Byrd said.

Several police agencies took part in setting a perimeter around the a wooded area near where the man ran from police, said sheriff's Maj. Andy Shock. The Mount Vernon-Enola School was also locked down as a precaution, Shock said.

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