A former Phoenix homicide detective and a blogger critical of Phoenix police were indicted Thursday on multiple felony charges stemming from a 2008 harassment case.

Officer David Barnes, 42, is accused of being a primary tipster to the Web site badphoenixcops.com and with harassing two members of the department through an anonymous letter and emails.

The 14-year veteran is charged with perjury and misdemeanor harassment, according to the Arizona Attorney General's Office.

Jeffrey Pataky, 41, the Web site's founder, is charged with perjury and false swearing, a Class 6 felony. The investigation into Barnes and Pataky began after Phoenix police looked into accusations that the blog targeted Sgt. Mike Polombo and his wife, detective Heather Polombo � both of whom Barnes worked with at the Phoenix homicide unit.

Barnes and Pataky denied knowing each other or working together on the blog, though the perjury charges suggested the grand jury found evidence that both men lied about their relationship while under sworn testimony during a court hearing in 2009.

Badphoenixcops.com has been particularly critical about the Phoenix crime lab's handling of evidence and the department's management of the Baseline Killer case. Barnes, one of the homicide investigators assigned to the investigation, first went public about mismanaged homicide cases in 2007.

A police spokesman said the indictments were unrelated to the critical and often off-color content on badphoenixcops.com. The Web site once leaked an investigative document which left a confidential informant's identification number unredacted.

Phoenix police began its harassment investigation in August 2008. Barnes was transferred from the homicide unit to the patrol division shortly thereafter and has been on administrative leave from the Cactus Park Precinct since March. He has an unfair labor practice hearing next week in Phoenix.

Barnes and Pataky are charged with perjury because both are accused of lying about their relationship. They have denied working with each other on the Web site.