CHAPMAN 'WILL SCARE YOU TO DEATH'' DOG' DOGS HIS TARGETS TILL HE CATCHES THEM.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Professional bounty hunter 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. Duane ``Dog'' Chapman, who captured fugitive rapist 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. in Mexico and claims to have captured more than 6,000 other fugitives, considers himself the ``greatest bounty hunter in the world.'' His Internet Web site proclaims the owner of Da Kine "Da kine" is a word in Hawaiian Pidgin that usually functions grammatically as a placeholder name (compare to English "whatsit" and "whatchamacallit"), but can also take the role of a verb, adjective, or adverb. Bail Bonds in Honolulu and three other bonding companies in Colorado as a ``modern-day Billy the Kid - minus the weaponry,'' as well as a ``charismatic ex-con and born-again Christian Noun 1. born-again Christian - a Christian who has experienced a dramatic conversion to faith in Jesus Christian - a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination .'' His wife, Beth Smith Alice Elizabeth Smith, also known as Beth Smith, Beth Chapman, and Alice Barmore (born on October 29, 1967 in Denver, Colorado) is the fifth wife of bounty hunter Duane Chapman. , said Wednesday that Chapman was armed only with Mace on Wednesday when he and four assistants captured the convicted rapist 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. , Mexico. ``Dog will scare you to death by his appearance,'' said Smith, a co-owner of the bonding company. ``He's very frightening - a very big man.'' According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Chapman's Web site - which includes his own ``Most Wanted'' list, with Luster featured prominently - Chapman's life story is as colorful as the murderers, drug dealers, burglars and con artists he's claimed to have captured. A former sergeant-at-arms for the biker gang Devil's Disciples Devil's Disciples is a 20 episode drama series produced by TVB. Cantonese title Keung Gim Director: Lau Ka Ho Genre: Ancient/ WuXia Series Episodes: 20 Themesong: Sung by Bosco Wong and Kevin Cheng Synopsis , Chapman cites 18 arrests for armed robbery from Colorado to Mexico, as well as a conviction for murdering a man during a drug buy that drew him time in a Texas prison. Broke when he got out, Chapman became a bounty hunter because he owed thousands of dollars in back child support, says his Web site, www.dogthebountyhunter.com. Seven of his 12 children still live with him and Smith, and one - 25-year-old Leland - was with him in Mexico and helped him capture Luster. A self-proclaimed ``king of comebacks,'' Chapman is also a born-again Christian, whose nickname is God spelled backward. And he apparently holds no false humility, describing himself as ``the spitting image of a bounty hunter: stone-cold blue eyes, long, unruly blond hair and weathered skin all wrapped in a skin-tight, sleeveless T-shirt, silver-capped boots, bicycle gloves and arm bands.'' ``Just like death and taxes, this much is certain,'' the Web site says. ``If you're on the run, Dog is gonna get you.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Associates of bounty hunter Duane ``Dog'' Chapman wait in a Puerto Vallarta jail after catching fugitive Andrew Luster. FBI officials say they will not help free the bounty hunters. Guillermo Arias/Associated Press |
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