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A little late in posting this one but caught my eye…..
Saturday June 21, 6:06 AM
Bounty-hunter remanded in Mexico for abduction
http://in.news.yahoo.com/030621/137/25c19.html
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By Pablo GaribianPUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexican authorities on Friday remanded an American bounty-hunter into custody for abduction after he briefly captured Andrew Luster, a convicted rapist and heir to the Max Factor cosmetics fortune.
Duane “Dog” Chapman, a rugged former felon and father of 12, seized Luster on Wednesday after tracking him down to the Mexican Pacific resort of Puerto Vallarta. But Mexican police, tipped off by passers-by, arrested Luster, Chapman and four associates.
“The police have determined two crimes against the five individuals — illegal deprivation of liberty and criminal association,” said police spokesman Marco Roberto Juarez.
“Dog,” 50, who runs a bail bonding agency in Hawaii, claims to have nabbed over 6,000 criminals in his colorful career. He was detained with two family members and two men who were filming the capture for which Chapman hoped to recoup some $200,000.
Multi-millionaire Luster was deported on Thursday to start a 124-year prison sentence in a central California jail for raping three women. His attorney on Friday appealed he sentence.
Wearing a black leather waistcoat over his bare, muscular chest, his long blond hair uncombed, “Dog” was taken under police escort, along with his team, to a local court on Friday to make statements behind closed doors.
The FBI has said it will not intervene to help free the bounty hunter from jail.
NO KIDNAP CHARGE
Mexican police had initially talked of a possible kidnapping charge for “Dog” and his team. Kidnapping carries a much heavier penalty in Mexico than illegal deprivation of liberty.
“In the case of these crimes they are not considered serious and the judge could yet rule some positive outcome for them,” like bail, Juarez said.
Under Mexican law, illegal deprivation of liberty carries a penalty of between one month and four years in prison, while criminal association can put a person behind bars for between one and four years.
Juan Jose Cordoba, lawyer for television producer Jeff Sells, arrested as part of Chapman’s team, said the judge had 72 hours to decide if there is a case or not.
Juarez said the two cameramen faced charges of criminal association because they had been involved in the advance planning of Luster’s capture.
Luster was top of a list of fugitives on the web site (http://www.dogthebountyhunter.com). The site lists “Dogisms”, or Chapman’s sayings, like: “Six men can carry you or 12 men can judge you. You decide!” and “Born on a mountain, raised in a cave. Arresting fugitives is all I crave.”
The site says Chapman won his nickname as a Christian in a Texas motorbike gang. It spells “God” backward.
Chapman served time in a Texas prison for a 1970s murder but then became a born-again Christian and vowed never to return behind bars, according to his web site.
Mexico has long been off limits to bail enforcement of any kind for those seeking to repatriate US fugiitives from that place, Mexico has NO extradition treaty with the US, that has been a problem in the past and always remains so with Sworn Law Enforcers as well as bonding companies.. BHers often get crossed up going to Mexico and many are in jail charged with kidnapping. I can’t hel;p but wonder if theis guy was some wanna be freelancer or hired thug. My under standing is this Million aire guy had posted his bail by the family and his own money, no bondsmen involved, thus no contract and no “legitimacy” in the eyes of US l;aw which does recognize valid bail recovery contracts between bondsmen and hunters based on a 1878 Supreme court decision.
BTW Canada is one place a bondsman or his agent can get thrown in the slammer for even entering the country with the intenet to repatriate a skip.
Oh well, makes good reading anyhow.Spamhog :twisted:
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