Posted on 09/15/2006 9:25:05 AM PDT by stm
HONOLULU (AP) — TV reality star Duane "Dog" Chapman and two co-stars on his show were arrested early Thursday in Hawaii on charges of illegal detention and conspiracy in an alleged kidnapping three years ago in Mexico, U.S. Marshals said.
Chapman, 53, his son Leland Chapman, and associate Timothy Chapman were taken into custody in an operation involving 15 officers, said Mark Hanohano, U.S. Marshal for the district of Hawaii. They did not resist arrest, he said.
"All three were very compliant," Hanohano said. "It went down without incident."
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.
Have you watched that show? Its actually pretty good, and far from trash TV.
He should have done it the safe way. Stolen car gets recovered in Laredo, guess what is found in the trunk.
Been there done that.
Such are the hazards of bounty hunting. However I do have to agree with many of the posts. The US should not bow to help the mexican "establishment" They refuse to honor our laws, why should we care about theirs.
Dog's a good man.
He did bad, learned from it, and makes restitution daily by getting bad guys off the streets. You can tell from his show he has a heart to help people.
As for this Luster case, I'll take it seriously when Mesico has extradited any number of murderers they won't return because they might face the death penalty here.
I think the show is hokey but I would not call it trash TV. Though not about bounty hunting but private investigation instead, Parco PI is a great show, I never miss it. He is far more professional in his way of doing things than the Dog.
Here's a good article I found. It's from March 2005.
Force Mexico To Extradite
Bob Baker - Guest Commentary
As of last year, the Justice Department had more than 800 open extradition cases for fugitives in Mexico.
There is a country to the south of the United States that has become a fugitive paradise, willingly harboring and giving sanctuary to hundreds of murderers who have fled the United States after their crimes. In the past decade, any killers who make it across the border to Mexico are assured of not facing the criminal justice system in the United States.
If Raul Garcia-Gomez, who is suspected in the shooting death of Denver police Detective Donnie Young and the wounding of Detective Jack Bishop, has made his way to Mexico, he is "home free."
Having decided that no murderer should ever have to spend their life in prison, Mexico arrogantly refuses to return fugitive killers to the United States. It has consistently refused to extradite murderers if they faced the death penalty. A 2001 Mexican Supreme Court decision in essence halted all extraditions of Mexican citizens, or Americans of Mexican descent. That decision forbade Mexico to extradite anyone if he faced a sentence which carried the possibility of life imprisonment, saying it was "cruel and unusual punishment."
In short, the thoroughly corrupt Mexican judicial system has decided the U.S. cannot prosecute even U.S. citizens if they make it to Mexico. Since Oct. 2, 2001, Mexico has repeatedly refused to return suspects for prosecution. As of last year, the Justice Department had more than 800 open extradition cases for fugitives in Mexico. Those fugitives include cop killers. Armando Garcia, a Mexican national in California illegally, allegedly shot to death Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy David March during a traffic stop in 2002. He is known to be in Mexico.
Not only does Mexico harbor killers, it insists on special treatment for its citizens who have been caught and prosecuted for murder in the United States. It has found a willing ally in the Bush administration, which refuses to press for extradition of murderers from Mexico. In March, the Bush administration ordered state courts to review the cases of 51 Mexican nationals who are on death row. This represents a change of position for the president, who until now has shown little regard for either the Vienna Convention (which requires a country that detains a foreign citizen to notify that individual of his right to seek the help of a consular officer) or the International Court, which ordered the review.
Until March, the U.S. government viewed the International Court ruling as an unwarranted intrusion on the criminal justice system in the United States and an infringement on U.S. sovereignty. In the case of the death penalty, for instance, the people of Colorado and California, through their elected representatives, have decided it is a legitimate penalty. If criminals want to commit crimes in our jurisdictions, then they have to face the penalty we deem appropriate.
The National Association of Attorneys General, the Los Angeles Police Protective League and other organizations have pleaded with the federal government and U.S. legislators to negotiate with Mexico to stop this outrageous flouting of our justice system. We have been deliberately ignored by the Bush administration.
Our federal government is essentially blessing a system under which criminals can literally get away with murder if they can get across the Mexican border. Mexico has decided that until the United States rewrites its law to the approval of Mexico, then it will continue to provide a haven for fleeing criminals.
It is even more unconscionable that when a crime is committed against an American peace officer, government policy allows the criminal to escape facing the bar of justice. The U.S. government cannot continue to allow alleged cop-killers and others to flee our criminal justice system with impunity. Shut down this criminal black hole and force these cold-blooded criminals to face the music.
Bob Baker is president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, which represents more than 9,000 Los Angeles Police Department officers.
" A&E decided shows like his were better than quality programming"
Isn't A&E the same channel that shows John Gotti's daughter and her idiot children that need subtitles?
We should have told the Mexicans "When you give us every single murderer, drug lord and child abductor you're hiding, we might consider giving you Chapman, until then, we will put your request at the bottom of a composting pile where it belongs."
Prayers up to God for the DOG.
"If it doesn't show up on Law and Order first."
I'm betting Southpark.
His big message is very anti drug. It's no wonder the "authorities" to our south hate him.
I agree, with all the garbage we have to take care of given to us from Mexico, they can leave someone like Dog alone....
Mexican law protects U.S. copkillers and bailjumpers. Dog is a U.S. citizen following U.S. law and arrested a bail- jumper in Mexico. Now U.S. bureaucrats are going to turn him (a U.S. citizen) over to corrupt Mexican officials? I say that any magistrate, judge, and bureaucrats involved should be named and fired - they can apply for new jobs in Mexico.
That story is not based in fact. At the time Chapman illegally arrested Luster, an FBI agent was on the way to participate in the arrest in Mexico. The FBI was aware of the same information Chapman had regarding the location of Luster but the FBI followed legal procedure- Chapman did not.
In this case the Mexican authorities expedited the return of Luster to the US. Luster was apprehended on June 18, 2003 and was in L.A. the afternoon of June 19, 2003. The Mexican judge expelled Luster for immigration violations rather than wait for an extradition proceeding.
You are soooooooo right. He would have left the maice at home and headed down to the cop shop for the visit.
The show is sometimes cheesy but I think Dog is probably a fair guy and his TV show portrays how he really lives. He takes his corny self very seriously-and somehow it is quite refreshing.
I get furious every time I read about this.
If only they were (and our government too) were as interested in getting the 12 MILLION, THAT'S MILLION illegals in this country. Not to mention the felons that are escaping OUR justice while vacationing in their country.
Makes me sick and I still don't know who to freaking call.
Dog has no arrest powers beyond the territorial limits of the United States. (See Reese v. United States, 76 U.S. at 21). Further, Mexico is a soverign nation. U.S. law does not apply in Mexico and Chapman violated Mexican law. End of story.......
I never miss the show. It's corny, and very honest. Dog and his family being themselves, "warts and all".
>>>I bet this is in relation to the Andrew Luster case. Chapman tracked down and found that rapist scum down there and this is the thanks he gets for it?!>>>
It is and Vicente Fox a&&kissing Bush isn't doing a damn thing about it.
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