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 Entertainment | November 2006 
Duane Chapman: 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' Free in LA
 Michael Amsterdam - Newswire
| | Dog the Bounty Hunter Free in LA (Image: TMZ.Com) |
Fresh out of his ankle bracelet and off the islands Duane Chapman, aka 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' was loose in Los Angeles giving his every dog has its day mantra to the paparazzi cameras.
The AOL entertainment web site TMZ was out with their cameras and caught up with 'Dog' and wife Beth Smith Chapman at the popular eatery Mr. Chow.
TMZ has a short video of the couple out on Saturday night, when they spotted the star and his wife outside the celeb-friendly Mr. Chow restaurant in Beverly Hills.
Despite his trouble with the law, the Dog was all smiles, stopping to pose for cameras.
That's good to see as at one time it appeared that the man that tracks down criminals for a living may have been headed for a Mexican prison himself.
The Mexican government wanted to jail Dog and it looked like they might get their way.
But as Jon Shanks reported on Oct. 17, an appeals court in Guadalajara granted an order to halt the criminal case, including extradition proceedings, against Chapman, his son Leland and associate Timothy Chapman until further evidence and testimony is gathered.
In a move that outraged many, U.S. Marshals arrested Chapman on Sept. 14 along with his son Leland and another associate after Mexico issued a warrant because of his capture of fugitive convicted rapist Andrew Luster, the Max Factor heir, on June 18, 2003, in Puerto Vallarta.
Bounty hunting is considered a crime in Mexico.
Chapman was released on $300,000 bail after spending a night in a federal detention center. He and his crew have been facing extradition to Mexico since then.
That arrest stemmed from a 2003 icident that made 'Dog' famous where he and his team traveled to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to retrieve a rapist - Max Factor cosmetics heir Andrew Luster - who was wanted in the U.S. on rape charges and bring him to justice.
Thanks to the Dog, Luster is now in jail, serving a 124-year term.
It's nice to see him enjoying life again - hopefully his troubles from the Mexican government can be put aside for good. |
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