RICHARDSON, Texas — Three bounty hunters face kidnapping charges after mistaking a man for a suspect with a similar name and taking him into custody at a home in Richardson, police said.
Alan Hinton and Devon Allard Carter each face charges of aggravated kidnapping and execution of a capias or arrest warrant, according to a statement from Richardson police.
A third suspect also faces charges, but he has not been arrested yet, police said.
The incident unfolded on June 1 at a home in the 3800 block of Aberdeen Court in northeast Richardson, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
The affidavit said the bounty hunters were searching for a capital murder suspect and believed they had tracked the man to a garage in Richardson, where he was giving a client a haircut. The bounty hunters to