--- description: An Arizona bounty hunter was booked after he and his team mistakenly raided the home of the Phoenix police chief. title: Bounty Hunters Mistakenly Raid Phoenix Police Chief image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1fcb4189c6cb50c/69885e52428a9e18dfcce8b5/brent-foley.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bounty Hunters Mistakenly Raid Phoenix Police Chief ## Video: From Prison to Parole: An Ex-Con's Transition [Watch (HLS stream): From Prison to Parole: An Ex-Con's Transition](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/qcbgUZ6e.m3u8) (4:51)  _Published 2010-12-07. Chris Carney, an ex-convict, rebuilds a life in the real world after landing a job as a building superintendent_ by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 7, 2015 7:11 AM CUT  Courtesy of Maricopa County Sheriff's Office by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 7, 2015 7:11 AM CUT Talk about being on the wrong side of the law. An Arizona bounty hunter was booked after he and his team mistakenly raided the home of the Phoenix police chief while looking for a fugitive, authorities said. Brent Farley, owner of [NorthStar Fugitive Recovery](http://fugitiverecovery.com/id/4909 "undefined") in Mesa, along with members of his team and those from Colorado-based Delta One Tactical Recovery surrounded Chief Joseph Yahner’s home late Tuesday night, police said. Police spokesman Trent Crump said they received a 911 call from Yahner’s girlfriend around 10 p.m. MST (12 p.m. ET) that several bounty hunters were surrounding the home … [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bounty-hunters-mistakenly-bombard-phoenix-police-chief-n405341?cid=par-time-article%5F20150807 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3988542/bounty-hunters-phoenix-police-chief/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3988542/bounty-hunters-phoenix-police-chief/"},"headline":"Bounty Hunters Mistakenly Raid Phoenix Police Chief","datePublished":"2015-08-07T07:11:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:59:35.867Z","description":"Brent Farley is charged with criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct","url":"https://time.com/3988542/bounty-hunters-phoenix-police-chief/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1fcb4189c6cb50c/69885e52428a9e18dfcce8b5/brent-foley.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1fcb4189c6cb50c/69885e52428a9e18dfcce8b5/brent-foley.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Brent Foley","caption":"Brent Foley","creditText":"Courtesy of Maricopa County Sheriff's Office","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3988542/bounty-hunters-phoenix-police-chief/","name":"Bounty Hunters Mistakenly Raid Phoenix Police Chief"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"From Prison to Parole: An Ex-Con's Transition","description":"Chris Carney, an ex-convict, rebuilds a life in the real world after landing a job as a building superintendent","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/qcbgUZ6e/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2010-12-07T16:17:24.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/qcbgUZ6e.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3988542/bounty-hunters-phoenix-police-chief/","duration":"PT4M51S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3988542/bounty-hunters-phoenix-police-chief/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```