Post by Saint on Nov 15, 2003 9:20:29 GMT -5
A translation from the article printed in the Meridiano on October 30th 2003, a newspaper in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico....
Lance Allen Wilkinson was interviewed by Meridiano and explains how, by the disgraceful actions of ‘Dog’, the capture of Andrew Luster was drowned in contempt. He states clearly what is the function of a bounty hunter and brings to light some of the lies surrounding the “pseudo” hunter.
Many things can be said of Dog Chapman, who from night to morning reached worldwide notoriety by the privation of liberty in Puerto Vallarta of Max Factor cosmetics heir Andrew Luster. The captured subject was accused in the state of California as depraved, for his custom of raping and filming his victims, crimes for which he was sentenced to serve a long term in prison as well as pay damages of large sums of money.
Nevertheless, Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman became a laughingstock of real bounty hunters in the US due to the fact of his being detained by Vallartan authorities, precisely for having captured Luster, another criminal.
Chapman is unmasked by an authentic bounty hunter who visited us from our northern neighbor to explain that Chapman is in reality a frustrated actor of Hollywood. In fact, he is actually a criminal himself, arrested in Texas in relation to a murder, for which he paid under prison sentence. This he proudly relates in his own website, www.dogthebountyhunter.com.
Lance Allen Wilkinson, a professional bounty hunter, is accredited with the police and the courts of the US, and has made his living pursuing and capturing fugitives from justice for the last 19 years. A percentage of the bail bond deposited for these criminals when they are brought before authorities goes into his own pocket. This is his business, not one without its own risks, but nevertheless legal. Lance assures us that his only motive is to clear up public opinion about someone such as Chapman, who has damaged the reputation of the more than 2,000 hunters who exist in the US. This group of professionals is disturbed by the discredit brought to their livelihood by the disgraceful actions of this man.
Lance explains that after being detained by the unlawful capture of Luster, Chapman paid the bail established by Mexican authorities, then fled the country to reappear in a Los Angeles hotel. From there, he spoke inconsiderately in tangled lies which were transmitted by the media, among them the FOX TV channel. Now it is revealed that after the judge sentenced the serial rapist Andrew Luster, Chapman received not one dollar of the reward for the capture of the Max Factor heir, a fact previously reported in Meridiano. The money will be divided among the victims and Luster’s own children.
Chapman has cried before the Ventura County judge who has repeatedly denied him any of the compensation for the capture of Luster since he is not accredited before the police tribunal of the US.
Our interviewee assures us that it is impossible for Duane Chapman to work as a bounty hunter since he has a criminal record, a fact true within most of the states of our northern neighbor. On the other hand, the bond of one million dollars which was deposited as bail for Andrew Luster was from his own financing, a fact that Chapman knew from the beginning. It is from the money financed by institutions which bounty hunters receive their share.
Chapman’s web page is plagued with lies, among others, that he has supposedly captured around 6,000 criminals, a contradiction in itself, since it would require in his history an arrest of at least 4.3 criminals a day. While Lance tells us, in contrast, in the 19 years of his career, he has only captured 2007 fugitives. Lance further explains that Chapman simply looked for fame and fortune which he expected from this high-profile case, seeing himself as a movie star. In this case, he got the notoriety he was looking for, if only to bungle the capture which received so much media attention.
The details of the case were known by the community of bounty hunters, none of whom intervened, knowing full well that there was no financial gain under the personal financing of the case. The fact that Luster was hiding out in a hotel in Puerto Vallarta was known by the FBI, information they received from informants who identified him. If they would have had two more days, the FBI would have been able to act through diplomatic channels, appropriately capturing him with the help of local authorities. It’s a lie that Chapman had privileged information, since this fact was known by many others in the field.
For Chapman, Luster’s significance lay only in the fact of the high-profile case and its relation to fame. For that reason only, he risked detaining him in such an illegal manner. It would have cost him nothing to denounce the fugitive on the most-wanted list of the FBI before Mexican authorities, in which case they would have intervened, arrested him, then contacted the authorities in the US to proceed. In that case, Chapman would have been a “hero” but instead of the hunter he became the prey, therefore a criminal himself.
The American who is visiting in Puerto Vallarta assures us that Chapman’s violation of his parole signifies a mockery of justice in Mexico. He tells us that several bounty hunters have a plan to detain Chapman in Honolulu, where he resides. They would capture him, tie him to a tree in national territory, then advise authorities that Chapman is a fugitive from justice, wanted by a judge in Puerto Vallarta, and leave him for their disposition.
In a separate brief interview with the delegate of the regional solicitor’s office, Sr. Marco Antonio Juarez Gonzalez, in reference to the Duane Chapman case, assures us that an arrest warrant already exists. Recourses are being pursued between Mexican and American authorities to extradite him to this country.
Lance Allen Wilkinson, officially registered Bail Enforcement Agent, advised us that in fact Chapman’s girlfriend is a liar, signing papers as Beth Smith, when in reality she is Alice Elizabeth Barmore. For this same fact, she was called before the courts to legally clarify her legal identification.
He explained that in reality, Chapman is employed in a sense by his girlfriend, who actually handles the financing of the business. In effect, acting as a bounty hunter was Chapman’s way of becoming a Hollywood star.
Lance Allen Wilkinson was interviewed by Meridiano and explains how, by the disgraceful actions of ‘Dog’, the capture of Andrew Luster was drowned in contempt. He states clearly what is the function of a bounty hunter and brings to light some of the lies surrounding the “pseudo” hunter.
Many things can be said of Dog Chapman, who from night to morning reached worldwide notoriety by the privation of liberty in Puerto Vallarta of Max Factor cosmetics heir Andrew Luster. The captured subject was accused in the state of California as depraved, for his custom of raping and filming his victims, crimes for which he was sentenced to serve a long term in prison as well as pay damages of large sums of money.
Nevertheless, Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman became a laughingstock of real bounty hunters in the US due to the fact of his being detained by Vallartan authorities, precisely for having captured Luster, another criminal.
Chapman is unmasked by an authentic bounty hunter who visited us from our northern neighbor to explain that Chapman is in reality a frustrated actor of Hollywood. In fact, he is actually a criminal himself, arrested in Texas in relation to a murder, for which he paid under prison sentence. This he proudly relates in his own website, www.dogthebountyhunter.com.
Lance Allen Wilkinson, a professional bounty hunter, is accredited with the police and the courts of the US, and has made his living pursuing and capturing fugitives from justice for the last 19 years. A percentage of the bail bond deposited for these criminals when they are brought before authorities goes into his own pocket. This is his business, not one without its own risks, but nevertheless legal. Lance assures us that his only motive is to clear up public opinion about someone such as Chapman, who has damaged the reputation of the more than 2,000 hunters who exist in the US. This group of professionals is disturbed by the discredit brought to their livelihood by the disgraceful actions of this man.
Lance explains that after being detained by the unlawful capture of Luster, Chapman paid the bail established by Mexican authorities, then fled the country to reappear in a Los Angeles hotel. From there, he spoke inconsiderately in tangled lies which were transmitted by the media, among them the FOX TV channel. Now it is revealed that after the judge sentenced the serial rapist Andrew Luster, Chapman received not one dollar of the reward for the capture of the Max Factor heir, a fact previously reported in Meridiano. The money will be divided among the victims and Luster’s own children.
Chapman has cried before the Ventura County judge who has repeatedly denied him any of the compensation for the capture of Luster since he is not accredited before the police tribunal of the US.
Our interviewee assures us that it is impossible for Duane Chapman to work as a bounty hunter since he has a criminal record, a fact true within most of the states of our northern neighbor. On the other hand, the bond of one million dollars which was deposited as bail for Andrew Luster was from his own financing, a fact that Chapman knew from the beginning. It is from the money financed by institutions which bounty hunters receive their share.
Chapman’s web page is plagued with lies, among others, that he has supposedly captured around 6,000 criminals, a contradiction in itself, since it would require in his history an arrest of at least 4.3 criminals a day. While Lance tells us, in contrast, in the 19 years of his career, he has only captured 2007 fugitives. Lance further explains that Chapman simply looked for fame and fortune which he expected from this high-profile case, seeing himself as a movie star. In this case, he got the notoriety he was looking for, if only to bungle the capture which received so much media attention.
The details of the case were known by the community of bounty hunters, none of whom intervened, knowing full well that there was no financial gain under the personal financing of the case. The fact that Luster was hiding out in a hotel in Puerto Vallarta was known by the FBI, information they received from informants who identified him. If they would have had two more days, the FBI would have been able to act through diplomatic channels, appropriately capturing him with the help of local authorities. It’s a lie that Chapman had privileged information, since this fact was known by many others in the field.
For Chapman, Luster’s significance lay only in the fact of the high-profile case and its relation to fame. For that reason only, he risked detaining him in such an illegal manner. It would have cost him nothing to denounce the fugitive on the most-wanted list of the FBI before Mexican authorities, in which case they would have intervened, arrested him, then contacted the authorities in the US to proceed. In that case, Chapman would have been a “hero” but instead of the hunter he became the prey, therefore a criminal himself.
The American who is visiting in Puerto Vallarta assures us that Chapman’s violation of his parole signifies a mockery of justice in Mexico. He tells us that several bounty hunters have a plan to detain Chapman in Honolulu, where he resides. They would capture him, tie him to a tree in national territory, then advise authorities that Chapman is a fugitive from justice, wanted by a judge in Puerto Vallarta, and leave him for their disposition.
In a separate brief interview with the delegate of the regional solicitor’s office, Sr. Marco Antonio Juarez Gonzalez, in reference to the Duane Chapman case, assures us that an arrest warrant already exists. Recourses are being pursued between Mexican and American authorities to extradite him to this country.
Lance Allen Wilkinson, officially registered Bail Enforcement Agent, advised us that in fact Chapman’s girlfriend is a liar, signing papers as Beth Smith, when in reality she is Alice Elizabeth Barmore. For this same fact, she was called before the courts to legally clarify her legal identification.
He explained that in reality, Chapman is employed in a sense by his girlfriend, who actually handles the financing of the business. In effect, acting as a bounty hunter was Chapman’s way of becoming a Hollywood star.