BOUNTY CREW VOWS NOT TO FLEE.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Three Hawaii-based bounty hunters Name for a category of persons who are offered a promised gratuity in return for "hunting" down and capturing or killing a designated target, usually a person or animal. and a two-person camera crew promised Monday to stay in Mexico to face charges connected with their attempt to capture the fugitive great-grandson of cosmetics mogul Mogul: see Mughal. Max Factor. The five Americans declined to talk to reporters as they left the immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. office in Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta (pwār`tō väyär`tä), city (1990 pop. 93,503), Jalisco state, W Mexico. Located on the expansive Bahía de Banderas [Bay of Flags], Puerto Vallarta has been used since the 16th cent. , where they signed documents pledging not to leave the country. The five were smiling and seemed upbeat and were wearing clean clothes. The crew had been in pursuit of Andrew Luster Andrew Stuart Luster (b. December 15, 1963) is the great-grandson of cosmetics giant Max Factor, Sr. and an heir to the Max Factor cosmetics fortune who was convicted of a series of rapes in 2003. For much of his life, he was supported by a $3. , who has been on the run for five months since fleeing his Ventura County trial for drugging and raping three women and videotaping the encounters. Convicted in absentia in absentia (in ab-sensh-ee-ah) adj. or adv. phrase. Latin for "in absence," or more fully, in one's absence. Occasionally a criminal trial is conducted without the defendant being present when he/she walks out or escapes after the trial has begun, since the accused , Luster is now in state prison beginning his 124-year term. Producer Jeff Sells; actor Boris Krutonog; and Hawaii-based bounty hunter Duane ``Dog'' Chapman, his son Leland, and his brother Timothy were arrested Wednesday, about two hours after they captured Luster at dawn on a Puerto Vallarta street in a busy tourist district. Bounty hunters have no special immunities or privileges in Mexico. Maureen Krutonog, wife of the actor/producer, defended her husband at a news conference Monday. ``Boris Krutonog is not and never has been a bounty hunter,'' she said in a released statement. ``This is a nightmare for our entire family. My husband was simply holding a film camera. It's like arresting a photographer for taking a picture.'' ``Krutonog is a film producer who witnessed and documented a newsworthy news·wor·thy adj. news·wor·thi·er, news·wor·thi·est Of sufficient interest or importance to the public to warrant reporting in the media. news event - the apprehension of a U.S. fugitive, Andrew Luster,'' said the family's lawyer James Blancarte, who plans on defending Krutonog in Mexico. Mexican prosecutor Marco Roberto Juarez said Monday that an investigation into Luster's activity in Puerto Vallarta found no evidence of crimes. He said the five members of the bounty hunter crew were expected to appear before a judge by Thursday. They face charges of criminal association and illegal deprivation of liberty - similar to kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. without requesting a ransom. Both charges carry a maximum of four years in prison. The five were released from jail after posting bail of $1,430 each. Immigration officials are also investigating whether Chapman's crew was in the country legally. Mexican officials argue that Chapman and the rest should have gone to police instead of trying to capture Luster themselves. Before going to Mexico, Chapman told reporters he hoped to get some of the $1 million bail posted on Luster's behalf during his trial. |
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