Michigan Bounty Hunter Facing Kidnapping Charge
LOVELAND, Colo. (WWJ/AP) - A bounty hunter from Michigan is facing kidnapping charges after he was accused of picking up a 29-year-old man who was wanted on a misdemeanor traffic warrant and demanding money and drugs for his release.
Chad Farquhar, a 38-year-old from Jackson, was jailed on $175,000 bond after Loveland police arrested the 38-year-old Saturday night. He is accused of kidnapping Jason Olson, also of Michigan. Olson's hometown was not available.
Farquhar is a bail enforcement agent with Quick Bail Bonds in Jackson, Mich. The firm's owner, Charles Davis, denies the allegations and has an attorney working with Farquhar to navigate the judicial process, the Loveland Reporter-Herald reported.
Davis said Farquhar and another agent were on their way to Wyoming to apprehend a fugitive, when they decided to drive through Colorado to pick up Olson.
The two bounty hunters contacted Olson at a Loveland home. Police say the victim's family later contacted them, saying Farquhar demanded money and drugs in exchange for Olson's return.
Investigators say Farquhar's family worked with Loveland police to set up a meeting that he voluntarily attended. Authorities arrested him there on the suspected charges.
Police released the other bounty hunter without charges. Olson wasn't taken into custody because his misdemeanor traffic warrant is not extraditable.
Farquhar is scheduled to appear later this week in a Colorado courtroom.
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