Salt Lake City ? Police searching for 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart said Wednesday they want to talk to a man who may have been in the area two days before she vanished.

Bret Michael Edmunds, a 26-year-old transient, was identified through his license plate number, which a milkman had spotted and reported to police, authorities said.

“We don’t think he’s a suspect at this point,” police Sgt. Fred Louis said. Edmunds was being sought on outstanding warrants on charges of fraud and assault on a police officer, Louis said.

Edmunds is probably living in a 1997 green Saturn with Utah license plate number 266 XJH, Louis said.

Elizabeth was reported taken at gunpoint from her million-dollar home between 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. last Wednesday.

The milkman, Charlie Miller, said Friday that he saw the car around 7 a.m. June 3, according to police. It drove slowly up and down the Smarts’ street, which ends in a cul-de-sac. Miller said the man followed him up another cul-de-sac in the neighborhood. That’s when he took note of the car and the plate. Police said the three digits of Edmunds’ license 266 partially matched the license plate given by the milkman.

Elizabeth’s 9-year-old sister, Mary Katherine, who witnessed the abduction, described the kidnapper as a 5-foot 8-inch man. Edmunds is 6 foot, 2 inches tall and 235 pounds.

Edmunds is not known by the family, police said. Louis said he didn’t know whether the sister and her family had been shown the photograph.

In early May, Edmunds was stopped by a West Valley City police officer for having an improper car registration, said Assistant Police Chief Craig Gibson. When the officer asked for Edmunds’ license and registration, Edmunds allegedly sprayed the officer with pepper spray and sped off.

“Even if he had nothing to do with the abduction, we’d like to get him off the street,” Gibson said.

Edmunds also has been charged with burglary and forgery in Sanpete County, court records show. Edmund’s probation officer didn’t immediately return a message, and the disposition of those cases was unclear.

On Tuesday, Police Chief Rick Dinse said the investigation was looking at those who had access to the neighborhood or the house, although not necessarily a family member. He said they have received some promising leads in the case.

In all, police have interviewed hundreds of people and received 6,000 leads, of which 600 were deemed worthy of following up. Half of the 600 leads, including dozens of known sex offenders on probation or parole, have been cleared.