GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) -- A man indicted for illegal wiretapping was arrested after he showed up at a police station -- to apply for a job.

George Chandler, 40, faces up to five years if convicted of the charge. Chandler, a former Granby, Mo., police chief, was charged in September 1997 with plotting to secretly record a closed-door meeting of the city's police review board on Sept. 4, 1997.

The board was scheduled to discuss an alleged altercation at a Granby home involving a different police officer. Former police Lt. Trevor Keller said during a 1997 preliminary hearing that Chandler ordered him to plant a recording device in the meeting.

Charges against Keller were later dropped.

Chandler was indicted by a Newton County grand jury in February, but could not be located.

When Chandler applied for the Garden City job and Kansas authorities conducted a background check, the warrant was discovered.

He is fighting extradition to Newton County, sheriff Ron Doerge said.