"A man who prosecutors say was acting as a bounty hunter when he and others allegedly kidnapped a fugitive's girlfriend and burglarized the couple's National City home was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison. The sentencing of Jesse A. Wagner, 50, in Chula Vista Superior Court ends an unusual case that grew to include three incidents in other local cities, including one in which a bystander was boxed in by alleged bounty hunters in darkened SUVs on an Oceanside street."
"He used illegal methods and went outside of any authority to try to obtain the fugitive, essentially broke the law and kidnapped and falsely imprisoned other people in order to get his fugitive, instead of just going straight after the fugitive, Deputy District Attorney Carlos Campbell said. Wagner's defense attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. Wagner was extradited to California from Colorado, where he was serving a prison sentence for allegations also related to behaving as a bounty hunter."
Jesse A. Wagner, 50, was sentenced to eight years in prison after admitting roles in four incidents involving alleged bounty-hunter activity, including kidnapping, burglary, stun-gun assault and false imprisonment. Prosecutors said Wagner and a crew arrested a fugitive at a National City home on June 10, 2022, then sought the fugitive's girlfriend, illegally detaining her and her father at gunpoint before taking her home and seizing firearms. One incident involved alleged bounty hunters boxing in a bystander in dark SUVs on an Oceanside street. Wagner was extradited from Colorado, where he was serving a related sentence, and faces a separate Riverside County case.
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