Three bounty hunters face felony charges, including aggravated kidnapping, after mistakenly apprehending a man in Richardson, believing him to be a capital murder suspect who had fled to Iraq.
The incident occurred on June 1 at a home in the 3800 block of Aberdeen Court, where 22-year-old Hussein Alsaadi, an aspiring barber whose family immigrated from Iraq in 2012, was cutting a client’s hair in his family’s garage. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, a U-Haul van pulled up, and three men jumped out, threw two stun grenades, and aimed AR-15 rifles at Alsaadi and his brother.
“They said, ‘You’re wanted for Capital Murder by Terrorism,’” Alsaadi recounted, per Fox 4 KDFW. “I actually started laughing because I was like, ‘Oh my God, y’all have the wrong person.’”
The bounty hunters, working for Bring Em Home Bail Bonds through the Clandestin Group, were targeting 23-year-old Hussein Alsaaidi, a capital murder suspect who had cut his ankle monitor and fled to Iraq in August 2024 after posting a $500,000 bond. The suspect’s last name is spelled with two “i”s, unlike Alsaadi’s single “i.”
The bounty hunters, led by Alan Hinton, claimed that a 79% facial recognition match by an AI tool led them to Alsaadi.
“They just assumed it was me, but obviously they had the wrong guy,” Alsaadi said, Fox 4 reported.
Hinton and Devon Allard Carter face charges of aggravated kidnapping and execution of a capias or arrest warrant. A third suspect remains at large.
Hinton, who described himself as a “fugitive recovery agent,” told police they relied on months of intelligence and informant tips.
“We instantly made those calls to Richardson P.D.,” Hinton said, after Alsaadi maintained his innocence.
A mobile fingerprinting device used by an FBI task force detective confirmed Alsaadi was not the suspect, and police released him.
The U.S. Marshals Service noted that Bring Em Home Bail Bonds never contacted them about the case, adding that such a call would have clarified that Alsaadi was not the target. The real suspect, charged in a February 2024 drug-related killing in northwest Dallas, was 7,000 miles away in Iraq, according to authorities.
Alsaadi, whose family fled Iraq after two uncles were kidnapped and killed, said the ordeal left his father in tears.
“I feel it right now, like I’m going to cry, because my dad has already been through a lot,” he said, reflecting on the trauma to his family, including his special-needs sister.
Alsaadi’s attorney, Damon Mathias, emphasized the responsibility of bounty hunters, stating, per Fox 4, “That cannot be taken lightly and cannot be callously, ‘Oops I got the wrong guy,’ after you’ve done something like that.”
Hinton’s attorney, Alain Jayoma, defended his client, saying, “My client has no criminal history at all. He was executing this warrant based on the law that’s out there.”
Hinton added, “It’s just not who I am,” noting the challenges of his job without qualified immunity.
The client of Alsaadi’s, whose hair he was cutting at the time of capture, was a first-time customer who turned out to be an informant for the bounty hunters. Alsaadi, who has an unrelated evading arrest charge being resolved through a different bail bonds company, urged better vetting by bounty hunters.
“I would just hope they actually check their information before they go and do that and traumatize a family,” Alsaadi said, Fox 4 reported.
Bring Em Home Bail Bonds declined to comment. The investigation is ongoing, with police reviewing body camera footage that captured the incident, including the flash bang and Alsaadi’s removal from the garage.