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. Police stopped the vehicles soon afterward and took the men into custody.Ĭhapman 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. Mexican police said that the three men subdued Luster outside a nightclub, put him in an SUV and drove off June 18, 2003. secretary of state, according to the U.S. The magistrate will determine whether Chapman can be extradited to Mexico, and the final decision will be made by 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. Larry Butrick, chief of the criminal division of the U.S. 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. He was handcuffed and placed in the back of a government vehicle.Ĭhapman's wife, Beth, told MSNBC her husband was being held in a federal detention center in Honolulu. Marshal Jay Bieber.Ĭhapman was cooperative, Bieber said. 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.
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( Full story)Ĭhapman'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. Luster was later convicted in-absentia on 86 charges involving drugging three women with the date-rape drug, GHB, and raping them. ( Watch how the bounty hunter landed in the doghouse - 2:05) 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.Ĭhapman 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.
(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.
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