A 35-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM BAGDAD, MICHAEL HERREN, HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR STALKING AN UNDERAGE BOY.

THE MOTHER OF THE BOY REPORTED THAT A RED FORD EXPLORER DROVE PAST HER HOUSE IN BAGDAD SATURDAY EVENING AND TRIED TO GET HER SON TO GET INTO HIS CAR. SHE STATED IT WAS THE SAME VEHICLE SHE HAD REPORTED TO DEPUTIES TWO DAYS EARLIER, WHEN A MAN HAD APPROACHED HER SON AND HIS FRIENDS STATING,

“YOU GUYS ARE GONNA GET KIDNAPPED". HE THEN FOLLOWED HER SON HOME, TERRIFYING HIM. DEPUTIES SEARCHED FOR TWO DAYS FOR THE VEHICLE WITHOUT SUCCESS.

ON SATURDAY EVENING AT 5:30 P.M., THE MOTHER REPORTED THE SUSPECT STOPPED HIS CAR AND ATTEMPTED TO TALK WITH HER SON AGAIN. THE BOY’S BROTHER WITNESSED THE EVENT AND STATED HE HEARD SOMEONE INSIDE THE CAR SAY "HEY LITTLE BUDDY" BEFORE THE BROTHER YELLED AT THE BOY TO RUN.

THE BOYS TOLD THEIR MOTHER, WHO ATTEMPTED TO FOLLOW THE VEHICLE BUT WAS OUTRUN BY THE SUSPECT.

DEPUTIES ARRIVED AND GOT A DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLE AND SUSPECT. HE WAS LOCATED LATER THAT EVENING AND DENIED REPORTS OF A VEHICLE SIMILAR TO HIS WAS SPEEDING THROUGH TOWN. PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE WERE TEXTED TO THE MOTHER OF THE BOYS WHO IDENTIFIED THE VEHICLE AND AGAIN DESCRIBED THE SUSPECT.

THE DESCRIPTION MATCHED THAT OF THE DRIVER – MICHAEL HERRON. DEPUTIES RETURNED TO THE SUSPECT AND ADVISED HIM THAT HE WAS BEING DETAINED AS HE AND HIS VEHICLE MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON WHO HAD BEEN STALKING A CHILD. DEPUTIES TEXTED A PHOTO OF HERRON TO THE MOTHER, WHO IDENTIFIED HIM AS

THE MAN WHO HAD SCARED HER SON.

HERRON WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND BOOKED ON A CLASS 5 FELONY CHARGE OF STALKING.