A bounty hunter who received an anonymous tip about a harbored fugitive via text mistakenly raided the home of a police chief and was arrested Tuesday night in Phoenix.
Brent Farley, 43, and a group of armed bounty hunters arrived at the home of Phoenix Police Chief Joe Yahner and began banging on the door in search of a wanted criminal.
Police were called and most of the bounty hunters left upon discovery of their mistake. However, Farley, with his gun upholstered, would not leave the property and, as a result, was arrested on one count each of disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing, according to ABC News.
Farley demanded that the police chief identify himself, even though the individual he was looking for did not match the homeowner's description.
Farley and the bounty hunters were in search of a black male standing 6-foot-3 and weighing over 300 pounds. The home owner was a 5-foot-10, 175-pound white male.
Farley said that it's always possible tips won't be good, but the anonymous tip was sent from an Oklahoma number claiming the fugitive, who was sought on drug charges, was at the chief's house, according to Fox News.
An investigation is now underway to establish whether the tip was the result of some prank.
Sgt. Trent Crump, a Phoenix police spokesman, said the information could've been verified by Googling the address, according to People.
