PHOENIX (AP) - A man was sentenced to probation for his guilty plea in a 2015 incident in which nearly a dozen armed bounty hunters looking for a fugitive swarmed the home of Phoenix’s then-police chief.
Brent Leroy Farley had pleaded guilty to an attempted bail bond agent violation.
An attorney for the 44-year-old Farley has said his client made the plea because he didn’t have the proper licensing to be a bounty hunter when he orchestrated the raid.
Five others charged in the case have pleaded guilty to a reduced charge.
Bounty hunters mistakenly went to the home of now-retired Police Chief Joe Yahner after they were sent there by a text message to look for a suspect.
The bounty hunters mistakenly believed a fugitive wanted in Oklahoma was in the house.
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