And the needle on the Irono-Meter whacks right up against the stops

by Diane Duane

Duane “Dog” Chapman of “Dog the Bounty Hunter” fame has just been released on bail after an arrest on foot of an extradition request from Mexico. They want him on a charge of illegal detention: apparently he chased a criminal to Mexico and caught him there. But bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico.

The part of the article that made that irony needle jump particularly hard:

The three men (Duane, his son Leland, and Tim Chapman, not a relative) were arrested Thursday morning by federal marshals armed with an extradition warrant related to their capture of [fugitive and convicted rapist Andrew] Luster, a Max Factor heir who was hiding out in Mexico under a fictitious name. But shortly after they caught Luster, the Chapmans were arrested by Mexican authorities.

They posted bail but never showed up for a hearing there on July 15, 2003.

They… jumped… bail. !!!

And life imitates art in other ways:

On the way [out of the courthouse], Chapman thanked his fans and said he was happy to be free, while his wife, Beth, kept shouting at him to “shut up.”

…I think I need my tea now.

[tags]Dog the Bounty Hunter, Duane “Dog” Chapman, Andrew Luster[/tags]

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2 comments

themadlibrarian September 18, 2006 - 6:42 pm

Sometimes my husband works on the computers at a Maui bail bonds office (not affiliated with Dog’s operation. The people over there simply roll their eyes so hard they seem like they will pop out of their head when the subject of Dog the Bounty Hunter comes up. They don’t think much of his professionalism; it all is show for the cameras.

B. Durbin September 23, 2006 - 6:01 am

The local radio news had a bail bondsman on, one who is well acquainted with “Dog.” He basically broke down exactly where Dog went wrong, WHY it was wrong according to international law, and how stupid Dog was to not get it properly cleared up despite constant reminders from people who knew better (such as the guy on the radio.)

In other words, “Sorry, Dog, I know you’re my friend, but sometimes you’re just plain dumb.”

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