CEO James Hebert of the Bellevue-based company, Hebert Research, pled guilty to charges of disorderly conduct and reckless endangerment in Kittitas Superior Court, at an April 3 hearing.

In July of last year, charging papers indicate that a young man allegedly trespassed onto his property with his vehicle. According to charging papers Hebert pursued the boy in his own truck, ramming him and throwing him from his vehicle, even after the boy turned to leave. He then charged the boy with an ax, accusing him of the car crash. The incident left the boy with a broken shoulder.

Hebert was sentenced to 90 days for disorderly conduct and 364 for reckless endangerment. Those sentences were suspended and Hebert was placed on a one-year probation. A charge of felony harassment was dropped.

Hebert Research is headquartered in Bellevue and partners with nonprofits, government agencies and corporate clients like Costco, Kraft Foods, Tropicana, Microsoft, among many others.