Bad Dog!! Reality Star arrested.

[Jims5543]

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Sep/14/br/br7561032498.html

Posted at 10:43 a.m., Thursday, September 14, 2006

‘Dog’ Chapman arrested over 2003 Mexico case

Advertiser Staff and News Services
TV reality star Duane "Dog" Chapman and two co-stars on his show were arrested early today in Hawaii on charges of illegal detention and conspiracy in an alleged kidnapping three years ago in Mexico, according to the U.S. Marshals office in Hawai'i.

Chapman, his son Leland Chapman and associate Timothy Chapman were taken into custody by U.S. Marshals this morning, said marshals spokeswoman Nikki Credic in Washington.

Two teams of U.S. marshals arrested the Chapmans at two homes in Hawai'i Kai and Waialae. Leland Chapman was arrested at 7:10 a.m. at his Wilhelmina Rise home. The Dog and Timothy Chapman were arrested at 6:20 a.m. without incident, according to the marshal's service.

Mona K. Wood, a publicist for the star of the popular A&E series "Dog the Bounty Hunter," said Chapman would be "vindicated."

"He arrests the bad guys — and he is definitely not one of them," she said.

The charges stem from Chapman's capture of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster on June 18, 2003, in Puerto Villarta, Mexico.

Chapman's capture of Luster — an alleged serial rapist — catapulted the bounty hunter to fame and led to the reality series on the A&E channel.

The three are being held in custody in Honolulu, and bail has not been set. They will face an extradition hearing under terms of treaties between the United States and Mexico, Credic said.

Charges have been pending against the three since local police in Mexico arrested them shortly after they captured Luster. They posted bail but never returned to Puerto Villarta for their court hearing on July 15, 2003.

A U.S. warrant for their arrest was signed by a federal judge in Honolulu on Sept. 13, 2006.

[legion]

Not knowing the facts (you have to begin all legal-related posts that way now... ), I would suspect that Luster had the local Mexican police on the dole and their actions were designed to defend him.

[widebody911]

Who let the Dog out?

[Z-man]

I have to say, I watch "Dog the Bounty Hunter" show. Yeah, it's a bit cheezy, but The Dog and his pack do their best to clean up the streets. Like many of us, they are anti-drugs, anti crime - and they are doing something about it.

Hope everything works out for him, his son, and his brother.
-Z-man.

[dhoward]

It's heartwarming when a bad guy gets out of prison, marries a fat, loud chick, and works on the side of justice.

[gaijindabe]

"The three are being held in custody in Honolulu, and bail has not been set. They will face an extradition hearing under terms of treaties between the United States and Mexico, Credic said."

Treaties? Ha! How many million illegals and Feds are going to bother to arrest Americans and send them south?

[legion]

And I was thinking about how many U.S. criminals Mexico sends north each year...

[KevinP73]

Originally posted by legion
And I was thinking about how many U.S. criminals Mexico sends north each year...

My thoughts exactly. A recent case comes to mind of the Burbank PD officer who's killer fled to Mexico and hid in plain sight. Makes one wonder WTF is going on?

[speeder]

The situation w/ illegal Mexican criminals in the U.S. is outrageous, but at the same time I do not condone the attitude that U.S. citizens can go down there and ignore their laws as a result. I was just in Mexico, (briefly), and they have posters and billboards in english everywhere warning U.S. tourists about abusing Mexican children WRT prostitution. For too long people have considered Mexico to be a lawless place where anything goes as long as you have a few dollars in your pocket, and of course the corrupt justice system there has a lot to do w/ it.

This "dog" idiot and his flunkies thought that they could go down there and just act like cowboys in some S. Leone movie, and they got what was coming to them. I have zero empathy for A. Lister, (the rapist they were pursuing), but somehow I got satisfaction from the total result of Lister getting caught and "dog" getting arrested and rolling snake eyes on the reward.

What goes around, comes around.....