Another "hunter" gone

[Buzzkill]

'Dog' collared for jumping bail in Mexico

POSTED: 9:28 p.m. EDT, September 14, 2006







(CNN) -- Duane "Dog" Chapman, the self-proclaimed world's most-famous bounty hunter who achieved notoriety nabbing thousands of bail jumpers was arrested Thursday for allegedly jumping bail in Mexico.
U.S. marshals arrested the star of the A&E reality show "Dog the Bounty Hunter" at his home in Hawaii at the request of the Mexican government.
Chapman was wanted in connection with his highly publicized 2003 capture of Max Factor cosmetics heir Andrew Luster, who fled to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, after skipping out on a $1 million bail.
Luster was later convicted in-absentia on 86 charges involving drugging three women with the date-rape drug, GHB, and raping them. Luster is serving a 124-year sentence. (Full story)
Chapman's son, Leland, also was arrested Thursday, as was colleague Tim Chapman, who is unrelated but considered a "blood brother" by Dog, according to the reality show's Web site.
Marshals knocked on the door of Chapman's home just after 6 a.m., and they entered the home after the unlatched door came open, said Deputy U.S. Marshal Jay Bieber.
Chapman was cooperative, Bieber said. He was handcuffed and placed in the back of a government vehicle.
Chapman's wife, Beth, told MSNBC her husband was being held in a federal detention center in Honolulu.
The arrest warrant is under seal, and charges are expected to be announced Friday when Chapman is scheduled to appear before a magistrate's court in Honolulu.
Larry Butrick, chief of the criminal division of the U.S. attorney's office in Hawaii, said Chapman was arrested by Mexican authorities in June 2003 on charges of illegal detention and conspiracy.
The magistrate will determine whether Chapman can be extradited to Mexico, and the final decision will be made by the U.S. secretary of state, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Hawaii.
Mexican police said that the three men subdued Luster outside a nightclub, put him in an SUV and drove off June 18, 2003. Police stopped the vehicles soon afterward and took the men into custody.
Chapman and his crew were not authorized to track Luster and take him into custody in Mexico, Mexican officials said at the time, adding that bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico.
Judge Jose de Jesus Pineda ordered the three men to stand trial on charges of unlawful detention and deprivation of freedom, charges which carry sentences of up to four years in prison.
Pineda granted the men bail -- $1,500 each -- but the three were supposed to check in regularly with police and get Pineda's permission before traveling outside the Mexican state of Jalisco, a prosecutor said.
The men did not, supervising prosecutor Marco Roberto Suarez said in July 2003, threatening to have the men arrested and returned to Mexico if they missed their scheduled appearance before Pineda.
The following month, Superior Court Judge Edward Brodie in Ventura County, California, ruled that Chapman was not entitled to any of the $1 million in bail money forfeited by Luster when he fled to Mexico. (Full story)
"I cannot do vigilante justice," Brodie said. "In my view, you violated state statutes and Mexican statutes. Therefore you are not entitled to any restitution."
Chapman later said he was proud that he had captured Luster, but regretted doing it "in the wrong way."
"Dog the Bounty Hunter," in which Chapman and his family chase down bail jumpers and other fugitives, is one of A&E's most popular series. It is in its third season.
CNN's Deborah Feyerick contributed to this report.

[Kalyx triaD]

Okay... why was he arrested?

[DS]

Charges of kidnapping.

[Kalyx triaD]

Wow. Like the Steve Irwin thing it's oddly eventual. But wouldn't Dog know his jurisdiction didn't extend into Mexico? Seems abit obvious. Fellons always leaving the country and all.

[samichna]

Damn, thought he died.

[Downunder]

When he tracked down Andrew Luster (the case that made him famous) in Mexico he didn't have authority to detain him. Bounty hunting is illgeal in Mexico - that's why baddies always make a break for the boarder.

If the US authoritys have any sense they will tell the Mexicans to piss off.

[Stickman]

Funny how the US is the only country in North America that allows bounty hunting.

[Buzzkill]

What's funny about that. Seems like a fact like that would only be interesting if North America had more than three countries.

[Stickman]

You'd think they'd be a progressive thinking nation.

[Kalyx triaD]

If Mexico allowed bounty hunting half of the government officials would be taken in.

BAM!

[Disturbed316]

What aload of shit. If it wasn't for Dog that scumbag Luster would probably still be out.

[Bad Company]

LOL fuck Mexico.

[weather vane]

lol how is he "gone"

[Crippla]

Yeah, you made the post sound like he died.

[M-A-G]

Originally Posted by Buzzkill What's funny about that. Seems like a fact like that would only be interesting if North America had more than three countries.

Don't we also count the Central American countries? If not, then is it like a whole other continent or what?

[Xero]

Originally Posted by M-A-G Don't we also count the Central American countries?

No.

[YOUR Hero]

What I don't get is that this 'Max Factor' heir wasn't a Mexican citizen so how could it be that Mexico says he was kidnapped.

[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by Stickman You'd think they'd be a progressive thinking nation.

Yeah, like Mexico, who are progressive enough that they not only don't have bounty hunting, but they also don't extradite people, they don't charge people, and they generally are corrupt and run by criminals. Which, to be fair, is the pinnacle of Western Civilisation.

[YOUR Hero]

It's not the point, but an odd tidbit. Mexico requested an extradition, something they do not do. Hypocritical, but cold comfort to the Chapman's.