SALINE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating a suspect on drug and other charges.

Just after 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, police were called to a south Salina home on a report of a violation of a protection order, according to Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney.

Upon seeing officers arrive Clinton Cheney, 32, Lincoln, fled on foot.

He jumped over a porch and ran toward the backyard of the home and jumped a fence.

From there, he ran through the backyard of a home in the 2200 block of Wesley.

Other officers searching the area then spotted Cheney in the 2200 block of Leland Way.

He ran east toward a backyard in the 2100 block of Raymond Street and was finally caught in the front yard of a home in that area.

Officers discovered that Cheney was in possession of personal use methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia at the time of his arrest.

Cheney was booked into jail on several requested charges including multiple counts of interference with law enforcement, criminal trespassing, possession of a stimulant, possession of drug paraphernalia and violation of a protection order, according to Sweeney.