Duane Lee Dog Chapman!
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Duane Lee Dog Chapman Early life
Chapman, the oldest of four children of Wesley and Barbara Chapman, has been arrested 18 times for armed robbery. Chapman was convicted of Murder in Texas in 1977; Duane Lee Dog Chapman was sentenced to 5 years at hard labor. Duane Lee Dog Chapman attained parole in 1979.Duane Lee Dog Chapman Career
Duane Lee Dog Chapman Perception of Chapman
A & E's public relations skills have made the bail bondsman, whose job is historically unpopular, into a celebrity. Even so, some of Duane Lee Dog Chapman's colleagues do not approve of Chapman's style or methods. Penny Harding, the executive director of the California Bail Agents Association, said "He represents all of the things that bail agents are trying to get away from - the cowboy image, the renegade, bring 'em home dead or alive." Others in the industry criticized Duane Lee Dog Chapman's 2003 crossing of the Mexican border to "kidnap" fugitive Andrew Luster (see below), saying that crossing into foreign countries is not something they condone. One bail agent said that Duane Lee Dog Chapman would not hire someone like Chapman because of concerns over civil liability.Duane Lee Dog Chapman and Andrew Luster
On June 18, 2003, Chapman made news with Duane Lee Dog Chapman's hunt and capture of Max Factor cosmetics heir Andrew Luster, who at the time was living under an assumed name in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Luster had fled the United States in the middle of Duane Lee Dog Chapman's trial for Poisoning and rape, and was convicted in absentia on 86 counts including multiple rape charges connected to assaults in 1996, 1997 and 2000.Chapman was assisted by Duane Lee Dog Chapman's "hunt team", consisting of Tim Chapman, and Duane's son Leland. The team was ordered by Mexican authorities to transfer Luster over to the Mexican police. When the hunt team refused, they were charged for breaking extradition laws. On July 3, 2003, they were officially declared fugitives by a spokesman for the Mexican Government, after they left Mexico without obtaining permission from the presiding judge.
Dog claimed that Duane Lee Dog Chapman had acted with the knowledge of a local police officer; however, Mexican authorities stopped Dog and then arrested Duane Lee Dog Chapman for refusing to hand Mr. Luster over into their custody. Dog and Duane Lee Dog Chapman's associates spent several nights in jail, then posted bail in Mexico and immediately returned to the United States.
Duane Lee Dog Chapman 2006 arrest and extradition proceedings
On September 14, 2006 Chapman, along with Duane Lee Dog Chapman's son Leland Chapman and associate Tim Chapman, were arrested by United States Marshals and jailed in Honolulu. All three are charged with felony restraint involving the 2003 capture of Andrew Luster. Bounty hunting is a crime under Mexican law, and they each face up to four years in Mexican prison if they are convicted. After spending one night in the federal detention center, Chapman told reporters: "The federal marshals treated us with great respect. But let me tell you, you never want to go to a federal prison, because it's terrible."On September 15, 2006, Chapman appeared in a packed Honolulu courtroom, Duane Lee Dog Chapman's ankles in shackles. Although the magistrate agreed that the men were not a flight risk, Duane Lee Dog Chapman ordered that they each wear an electronic monitoring device around their ankle. The three men were released on bail ($300,000 for Duane Chapman, $100,000 each for Leland Chapman and Tim Chapman).
Beth Chapman was detained and had a hearing after she was caught wearing an A&E body microphone when entering the courthouse for their bond hearing; electronic recording devices are prohibited by law from being carried into federal courthouses. She was released after claiming that she forgot to take it off; the judge (after speaking to the A&E crew) was satisfied that no recording was done.
As of September 2006, Chapman is currently fighting extradition. Duane Lee Dog Chapman's lead attorney Brook Hart will argue that although the charge Chapman faces is a felony in Mexico, it may be only a misdemeanor under American law. An extradition hearing has been set for November 16, 2006, where both sides will present evidence and witnesses. An extradition hearing could take place before the end of the year. Chapman has speculated that Duane Lee Dog Chapman's arrest was due in part to a possible prisoner exchange agreement between the Mexican and American authorities. According to Chapman, the federal agents 'sold Duane Lee Dog Chapman out', by trading Duane Lee Dog Chapman in for a convicted Mexican drug lord.
Duane Lee Dog Chapman Family
Chapman has been married five times. Duane Lee Dog Chapman has several children and grandchildren. Chapman married La Fonda S. Honeycutt April 1, 1972 in Texas. Their marriage ended in divorce while Duane Lee Dog Chapman was in prison sometime between 1977-1979. They had two children.Duane Lee Chapman II was born January 21, 1973. Duane Lee Dog Chapman is a financial and retirement counselor as well as bounty hunter. Duane Lee Dog Chapman lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado with Duane Lee Dog Chapman's wife and four children: Jodi, Jasmine, Jennifer, Dylan.
Leland Chapman was born December 14, 1976 in Groom, Texas. Duane Lee Dog Chapman works with Duane Lee Dog Chapman's father as a bounty hunter, and Duane Lee Dog Chapman trains in mixed martial arts. Duane Lee Dog Chapman has two sons. Dakota was born March 24, 1995. Cobie was born December 7, 2000.
Chapman married Anne M. Tegnell August 22, 1979 in Colorado. This marriage also ended in divorce. They had one child who died as an infant.
Zebediah Duane Chapman was born prematurely on January 1, 1980 in University, Colorado. Duane Lee Dog Chapman died on January 31, 1980 at home.
Chapman married Lyssa R. Brittain June 22, 1982. They were divorced November 20, 1991. They have two children.
Barbara Katy Chapman was born in Denver, Colorado. She died at age 23 on May 19, 2006 in Fairbanks, Alaska in a high speed car accident involving drugs. She had been in and out of drug rehab and reportedly used money her father gave her to buy cocaine on a regular basis. Barbara was survived by her son, Travis Drake-Lee Chapman, born c. 2002.
Lyssa "Baby" Chapman, born c. 1988, currently works on the Dog the Bounty Hunter show. She has one daughter: Abbie Mae Chapman.
Chapman also married a woman named Tawny. This marriage also ended in divorce.
Tucker Chapman was serving a 20-year prison term on a drug charge in 2002.
Duane Lee Dog Chapman Christopher Chapman
Duane Lee Dog Chapman Wesley Chapman
Chapman married Duane Lee Dog Chapman's fifth wife Beth Smith (aka Alice Barmore, aka Alice Elizabeth Smith), Duane Lee Dog Chapman's girlfriend of sixteen years (even though she married Keith A. Barmore in Denver on 8/26/1991) on May 20, 2006 at the Hilton Waikoloa Village in Hawaii. They have two children together.Cecily Barmore is Chapman's step-daughter, Beth's second child by Keith Barmore. Bonnie Jo Chapman.
Gary Chapman.
Duane Lee Dog Chapman Trivia
In the episode "It's Good to Be Home" Chapman claims that Duane Lee Dog Chapman is only 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) and Duane Lee Dog Chapman's cowboy boots raise Duane Lee Dog Chapman's stature to 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m).The producers of the movie A Date with Darkness, The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster did a spoof of Dog and Duane Lee Dog Chapman's boys catching Luster.
Chapman has said that, if given permission from the United States government, Duane Lee Dog Chapman would attempt to collect a bounty on Osama bin Laden.
On 09/29/06 Chapman received permission to have the electronic monitoring device removed temporarily so that Duane Lee Dog Chapman could travel to the East Coast for previously planned appearances.
