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Bounty Hunter Arrested in ’03 Case

Posted on | September 17, 2006 |


Bounty Hunter Arrested in ’03 Case

By DAVID CARR

Published: September 15, 2006

Duane Chapman, a bounty hunter and the star of a reality television series, was arrested by federal marshals yesterday morning on charges stemming from a capture three years ago in Mexico.

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Duane Chapman, “Dog the Bounty Hunter” in Hawaii in January.

Mr. Chapman captured Andrew Luster, the Max Factor heir who was convicted of raping three women.

Mr. Chapman, 53, was arrested at his house in Hawaii along with his son Leland Chapman, 29, and Timothy Chapman, 41, no relation.

The charges have been pending since they were arrested in Mexico after the capture.

In a twist that will not be lost on fans of Mr. Chapman’s program, “Dog the Bounty Hunter,” on the A&E cable network, Mexico is seeking to extradite him for posting bail and then failing to appear to answer criminal charges in July 2003.

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So let me get this straight. Dog and his associates got arrested in Mexico for capturing a violent fugitive who jumped bail in the US (because bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico) and Mexico refused to extradite. Dog and his associates then posted their own bail in Mexico, then failed to show up for court, thereby jumping bail themselves. They have now been arrested by U.S. Marshals who are basically now acting as Bounty Hunters for Mexico, which is illegal in Mexico. So they now have to face an extradition hearing in the United States that could result in them being sent to a foreign country to face charges and possibly be put in a foreign prison for something that is not a crime in the United States, where they were arrested.

Mexico adamently refuses to extradite hardened violent criminals to the U.S., but we seem more than willing to extradite good folk to Mexico for going to get them. There is something wrong with this picture. Dog, I hope you get a judge that isn’t a complete idiot.

Good luck, man.

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