How Many Times Has Duane “the Dog” Chapman Been Arrested?
Question by Amaya M: How many times has Duane “The Dog” Chapman been arrested?
I ask this because it’s for a project for my school, and I can’t seem to find it anywhere.
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Answer by rejectedzipper
In 1977, Chapman was sentenced to 5 years in prison and was remanded to Huntsville prison in Huntsville, Texas. When he was in prison, Duane and his first wife, LaFonda Honeycutt, divorced. He served 18 months of his 5 year sentence for accessory to the murder of Jerry Oliver in Pampa, Texas. Chapman maintains his guilt for being an accessory Not reporting the shooting to the police. He was released on parole. Two of his co-defendants received probation and a third, their alleged shooter, received ten years in prison.[2]
In 2006, he married his fifth wife, Beth Smith, on his television show in Hawaii.[3] They knew one another for sixteen years ( when Dog bailed Beth out of jail for “Child Abuse”) before they married and have been a couple for 8 yrs.[4]
Duane Lee “Dog” Chapman also studies Native American History as a hobby.[5]
[edit] Arrest by Mexican government
Main article: Andrew Luster
On June 18, 2003, Chapman made news with his hunt and capture of Max Factor cosmetics heir Andrew Luster, who at the time was in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Luster had fled the United States in the middle of his trial for drugging and raping a number of women, and was convicted in absentia on 86 counts including multiple rape charges connected to assaults in 1996, 1997 and 2000.[6] Chapman was assisted by his “hunt team”, consisting of his son Leland and his associate, Tim Chapman [7]. After Luster’s jailing, Duane Chapman was interviewed for a documentary which was published on 2009 August 28 by Dominick Dunne on Power, Privilege, and Justice broadcast via the TruTV network.
On September 14, 2006, days before the expiration of the statute of limitations, Chapman, along with his son Leland Chapman and associate Tim Chapman, were arrested by United States Marshals and jailed in Honolulu on behalf of the Mexican government.[8] Mexican authorities had charged all three with deprivation of liberty, involving the 2003 apprehension of Andrew Luster, because they had not handed Luster over to them. After not obtaining permission to leave the country in 2003, the Mexican Government declared Duane, Leleand and Tim Chapman, fugitives from justice and tried to get them extradited to Mexico for sentencing. After spending one night in the federal detention center in Honolulu, 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.”[9]
The next day, September 15, 2006, Chapman appeared in a packed Honolulu courtroom with his ankles shackled.[8] Although the judge agreed that the men were not a flight risk, he ordered that each wear an electronic monitoring device around the ankle.[9] The three men were released on bail ($ 300,000 for Duane Chapman, $ 100,000 each for Leland Chapman and Tim Chapman). They were also ordered to wear an electronic ankle bracelet for house arrest.[10]
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.[11] She was released after explaining that she “didn’t know they had the mic and transmitter”; the judge was satisfied that no recording was done.[12][13]
Chapman was fighting extradition in September 2006. His lead attorney Brook Hart reportedly planned to argue that although the charge Chapman faced is a misdemeanor in Mexico, when translated into English it became a felony (kidnapping) under American law.[10] An extradition hearing was set for November 16, 2006, where both sides were to present evidence and witnesses.[10] Chapman has speculated that his arrest was due in part to a possible prisoner exchange agreement between the Mexican and American authorities. According to Chapman, the federal agents ‘sold him out’, by trading him in for a convicted Mexican drug lord.[14] Duane, Leland, and Tim had their ankle bracelets removed so they could work.[15]
On October 11, 2006, reports surfaced of an open letter dated September 26, 2006, sent on Chapman’s behalf by 29 Republican Congressmen to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The letter stated the authors’ opposition to Chapman’s extradition and requested that Rice deny Mexico’s request for same.[16] Subsequently on October 20, 2006, lawyers for Chapman said that the Mexican federal court had granted them an order that halted the criminal case against the bounty hunter until further evidence and witness testimony were gathered.[17]
A court hearing was held on December 23, 2006. The original hearing was postponed because a report from a lower court was not yet received. The court heard both sides of the story, and then decided to recess. Then court proceedings started on January 16, 2007 and the court had up to Tuesday, February 6, 2007 but the deadline was extended.
On February 16, 2007, a Mexican Federal court cleared the way fo
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