An Arizona bounty hunter is in hot water after he mistakenly targeted a police chief's home and allegedly refused to leave the property.
According to the Phoenix Police Department, NorthStar Fugitive Recovery owner Brent Farley, (pictured above) is facing charges of criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct.
Farley, 43, along with nearly a dozen other bounty hunters, surrounded the home of Phoenix police Chief Joseph Yahner (pictured below) on Tuesday night.
The agents, who police say were armed and dressed in tactical gear, used a cellphone to record as they banged on Yahner's front door and demanded a fugitive come out.
"They were filming this like it was made for TV," Sgt. Trent Crump, a Phoenix police spokesman, told Azcentral.com.
The cellphone video captured the moment a shirtless Yahner opened the door and demanded one of the men turn off a flashlight that was shining in Yahner's face. The police chief then shut the door and emerged moments later with a baton in hand.
"I don’t give a f--k who you’re looking for," Yahner can be heard yelling on the video.
Phoenix police responded to the scene after an unidentified female called 911 and requested assistance.
"We have some, I don’t know if they're bounty hunters or what they are, but they just banged down our door and they're looking for somebody," the caller said.
When officers arrived on the scene, they were told Farley, along with employees from Delta One Tactical Recovery, were searching for a fugitive wanted out of Oklahoma on drug charges. The bounty hunters had allegedly received a tip that the fugitive was inside the residence.
The fugitive the men sought is an African American male who is 6 feet 3 inches and did not match anyone in Yahner's home, The Associated Press reported.
Despite the arrival of police, Farley refused to leave the property, prompting the charges against him, Crump told Azcentral.com.
Police said an 11-year-old child was found at the scene with the bounty hunters. Authorities did not identify the child, but a post recently made to a Facebook profile attributed to Farley indicates he has been taking his 11-year-old daughter out on jobs.
"She has gone out on surveillance with us and door knocks," the Facebook post reads. "One that led to an apprehension. And she has been on a repo … I believe she had the best summer!"
According to The Los Angeles Times, Farley is no stranger to run-ins with the law. He has a prior criminal record that includes an arrest for sexual misconduct with a minor. The charge was later dropped in exchange for a guilty plea to a lesser charge, the newspaper reported.
Farley did not respond to a request for comment from The Huffington Post on Thursday.
Crump said the behavior of the bounty hunter is not indicative of all recovery agents.
"This is a case in which these two companies did not do their due diligence," Crump told Azcentral.com. "They hit the wrong house and the wrong person."
