Dog Getting Dogged
Okay, so yeah, I'm a reality show junkie and have watched far too many episodes of this series than I care to admit (heck, Dog and that husky wife of his kinda scare me) but this arrest is SO bogus!
TV reality star Duane "Dog" Chapman and two co-stars accused of illegal detention and conspiracy in the bounty hunters' capture of a cosmetics company heir in Mexico posted bail and were released Friday.
Chapman was released on $300,000 bail, while his co-stars on the popular A&E show "Dog The Bounty Hunter" were freed on $100,000 bail each.
Chapman, his son, Leland Chapman, and associate Timothy Chapman, no relation, were arrested Thursday on charges stemming from the capture of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster on June 18, 2003, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, officials said.
Chapman's capture of Luster, who had fled the country during his trial on charges he raped three women, catapulted the 53-year-old bounty hunter to fame and led to the reality series on A&E. Luster is now serving a 124-year prison term.
Bounty hunting is considered a crime in Mexico, and charges have been pending against the three since local police in Mexico arrested them shortly after they roped in Luster. They posted bail but never returned for their court hearing in July 2003, officials said.
The men are now required to wear electronic monitoring devices until they return to court for extradition hearings to face trial in Mexico. The judge said they were not flight risks.
Reporters and fans packed the courtroom, and several supporters held signs outside the federal courthouse saying, "Let go our hero."
Chapman's son Leland, 29, and Timothy Chapman, 41, assist him in exploits chronicled for the TV show around the Hawaiian Islands. The show focuses on Chapman's family as much as the bounty hunting, which generally involves tracking down bail jumpers, often creating emotional scenes with repentant captives.
He captured a filthy rich, filth monger and rapist. With all the drugs and human traffickers coming out of Mexico, you'd think that they'd have something better to do with their law enforcement resources.
my state @ 9:35 PM :: Permalink
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I agree completely. Hey, if you want all the latest info, including a link to a petition that already has over 50,000 signatures, go to freedogthebountyhunter.com.
i have a question that has dogged me (no pun intended) for a while:
If chapman was arrested for illegally capturing lester, does this negate lester rape convictions? would he be allowed to go free and move back to Mexico? if so, would double jeoporady(sp?) apply?
Dog's violation was a crime in Mexico because they don't allow bounty hunters. So, Dog is the criminal there. Luster was still convicted here so our laws apply to him.
Dog is only trying to help those who can't seem to help themselves. He knows what its like to be incarcerated and he doesn't pretend to be anything but another soul trying to help someone in need. I think we need to support him and try to help him out with this bogus claim in Mexico. So they don't like bonty hunters. He did a good thing by putting a criminal in jail and preventing a very rich person from doing more harm. No wonder all the people in Mexico are trying to get out of there. They don't really care about their people. Lets help Dog so he can continue to help others.
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