Posted on 09/15/2006 4:15:12 PM PDT by Hal1950
Mullett headed TV bounty hunter Duane 'Dog' Chapman and two of his co-stars were arrested yesterday in Hawaii.
Chapman, his son Leland and Timothy Chapman were brought into custody on suspicion of illegal detention and conspiracy in a kidnapping dating back three years. US Marshal Mark Hanohano says the arrest "went down without incident".
Mona K. Wood, publicist for Chapman's show Dog The Bounty Hunter, insists he will be vindicated, "He arrests the bad guys - and he is definitely not one of them."
The charges date back to Chapman's apprehension of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster in Puerto Villarta, Mexico, in 2003. Luster had fled the US after being convicted of raping three women, and his capture catapulted Chapman to fame and led to his show being commissioned.
US Marshals spokeswoman Nikki Credic says the trio face extradition to Mexico. They were arrested shortly after Luster's capture and released on bail, but they failed to return for court hearings in Puerto Villarta. Mexican authorities wanted Luster turned over to them in 2003, but Chapman refused.
Is this like the sixth thread about this topic?
There's a job opening now for a Crocodile Hunter; maybe Dog can apply for that.
Be hard to do from Mexican jail.
I agree. But I honestly checked, rechecked (twice more) for prior postings before posting the article.
Dog was just doing the job that ordinary American cops couldn't be bothered with, bringing in the bad guys. Now we are going to ship him to Mexico? It's Bush's fault, really!</p>
It's OK to cut the wages of ordinary American workers, but it's not OK to show you can do a cop's job.
THE WAY I SEE IT, IF DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER COMMITTED A CRIME FOR CAPTURING A KNOWN RAPIST THAT THE FBI WAS NOT ABLE TO APPREHEND, THEN THE FBI THEMSELVES CHOSE TO EXTRADITE THIS RAPIST FROM MEXICO,SHOULDN'T THAT MAKE THE FBI AN ASSESSORY TO KIDNAPPING????????? AFTER ALL, THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IF NOT FOR DOG CAPTURING AND BRINGING THIS RAPIST TO THE MEXICAN AUTORITIES. THE ONLY REASON THE FBI IS ABLE TO TRY AND CONVICT THIS RAPIST IS BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF DOG AND HIS CREW. THEY SHOULD BE COMMENDING HIM, NOT CONDEMING HIM. MY QUESTION IS: IF THIS KNOWN RAPIST WAS CAPTURED ILLEGALY, WOULD THAT ALSO MEAN HE WAS TRIED AND CONVICTED ILLEGALLY? AFTERALL, IF HE WAS NEVER CAUGHT,HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TRIED AND CONVICTED!! DID THE FBI JUST EXPECT THIS SCUM TO RETURN TO THE US AND TURN HIMSELF IN?? COME ON-GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE !!!!!
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